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Amendment of clause

of the

IV

principal

Instructions.

3. Clause XIV of the principal Instructions is

amended by inserting, immediately after the words "ex

officio Member" where they appear in the second line,

the words "or an Elected Member".

Replacement

of Clause

XVI

of the

principal Instructions.

4. Clause XVI of the principal Instructions is

revoked and replaced by the following

"Tenure of office of Official and Appointed Members of Legislative Council.

XVI. (1) If any Official Member of the

Legislative Council ceases to hold office

under the Crown in the Colony his seat in

the Council shall thereupon become vacant.

(2) Every Appointed Member of the

Legislative Council shall vacate his seat

at the end of such period as may be specified

in the Instrument by which he is appointed

or at the end of the appointed day,

whichever occurs first; and for the purposes

of this paragraph "the appointed day" means

the day immediately before the commencement

of the session of the Council commencing next

after the holding of an election for all the

Elected Members of the Council.

(3) An Appointed Member who vacates his

seat under paragraph (2) of this Clause shall,

if appropriately qualified, be eligible to be

reappointed.

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