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(2)

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Appointments to the Legislative

1

Council shall be made by the Governor, in

pursuance of any Instructions under Our

Sign Manual and Signet or through one of

Our Principal Secretaries of State, by

an

Instrument under the Public Seal of the

Colony. Official Members and Appointed Members

shall hold their places in the said Council

during Our pleasure and, subject thereto, in

accordance with any Instructions under Our

Sign Manual and Signet.

(3) Elected Members shall hold their

places in the Legislative Council, and

vacate their seats, in accordance with a

law in that behalf in force in the Colony.".

Amendment of Article VII of principal Letters

Patent.

3.

Article VII of the principal Letters Patent is

amended by renumbering the same as paragraph (1) and by

adding the following new paragraph

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"(2) Without prejudice to the generality of

paragraph (1), a law of the Colony may provide

for the election of Elected Members of the

Legislative Council and, in particular, may

determine the constituencies and the number of

members of the said Council to be elected by each