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(4)

Subject to any Instructions addressed to the

Governor of Hong Kong under Our Sign Manual and Signet

or through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, the

Legislative Council of Hong Kong may make laws for giving

effect to these Our Letters and for the holding of

elections prior to the appointed date to elect persons

to be elected members of the said Legislative Council

in accordance therewith but, until the appointed date,

nothing in these Our Letters or the said Instructions or

laws shall affect the membership or powers and privileges

of the said Legislative Council as constituted and in

force under the principal Letters Patent immediately

before the date of coming into operation of these Our

Letters.

(5) In these Our Letters "the appointed date" means

such date as the said Governor shall appoint for the

commencement of the session of the said Legislative

Council commencing next after the current session thereof.

Replacement

of Article VI of

principal Letters

2. The principal Letters Patent are amended by

deleting Article VI and substituting the following new

Article

Patent.

"Legislative Council.

VI. (1) There shall be a Legislative

Council in and for the Colony, and the

said Council shall consist of