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"Seats of appointed [Unofficial] Members declared

vacant

(1)

If any appointed Unofficial

Member of the Legislative Council

would become disqualified from

holding office as a Member under a law

in force in the Colony were he an

Elected Member, the Governor shall

declare in writing that the seat of

such Member is vacant and, immediately

on the publication of such declaration

in the Hong Kong Government Gazette,

he shall cease to be a Member of the

Council.

(2) If any Appointed Unofficial

Member of the Legislative Council shall

absent himself from attendance at the

Council for more than three months

without leave from the Governor, the

Governor shall declare in writing that

the seat of such Member is vacant and,

immediately on the publication of such

declaration in the Hong Kong Government

Gazette, he shall cease to be a Member

of the Council.".

Amendment of Clause XVIII of the principal Instructions.

6. Clause XVIII of the principal Instructions

is amended by inserting, immediately before the

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