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(c) that he has been sentenced to any punishment so

specified, whether in the Colony or elsewhere;

(d) on the ground of his bankruptcy or other ground

relating to indebtedness so specified;

(e) on the ground of his non-attendance at sittings of the

Council;

(f) that he has been elected as an Elected Member of the

Council,

the Governor shall declare in writing that the seat of such Appointed Member is vacant and, immediately on the publication of such declaration in the Hong Kong Govern- ment Gazette, he shall cease to be a Member of the Council.".

7. Clause XVIII of the principal Instructions is amended by inserting, immediately before the word "Member" where it appears in the first line, the words "Official or Appointed".

8. Clause XXI(3)(i) of the principal Instructions is amended by sub- stituting for the words and figures "clause XIII of these Instructions" the words and figures "Article VI(1)(b) of Our Letters Patent as set out in the Hong Kong Letters Patent 1985".

Amendment

of Clause XVIII of the principal Instructions.

Amendment of Clause

XXI of the principal Instructions.

9. The principal Instructions are amended by adding, immediately after Addition clause XXI, the following

"Sessions

and sittings

of Legislative Council.

of new Clause XXIA to the

XXIA. (1) The sessions of the Legislative Council shall commence on such date and end on such date as the principal Governor shall from time to time appoint by notice Instructions. published in the Hong Kong Government Gazette, but the period between the last sitting of one session of the Legis- lative Council and the first sitting of the next session shall not exceed three months.

(2) The Governor, by notice published in the Hong Kong Government Gazette, may summon special sittings of the Legislative Council to be held in any period between the end of one session of the Council and the beginning of the next session.

(3) The consideration of any Bill or other business of the Council shall not be affected by the termination of a session, but it may be resumed at any subsequent sitting of the Council.".

10. The principal Instructions are amended by adding, immediately Addition of after Clause XXVIII, the following—

"Dissolution

of Council.

new Clause XXVIIIA to

Instructions.

XXVIIIA.—(1) The Governor may at any time, by the principal Order published in the Hong Kong Government Gazette, dissolve the Legislative Council:

Provided that unless it has been sooner dissolved, the Council shall stand dissolved on the ninetieth day before the third anniversary of the first sitting of the Council following the latest election for all the Elected Members of the Council.

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