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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 said recited Letters Patent".

Addition of

new clause XXIA to the principal Instructions

[Tahr & RIDER B]

9.

Amendment

of clause XXI of the principal Instructions.

RIDER B

The principal Instructions are amended by

adding, immediately after clause XXI, the following:-

"Sessions and

sittings of

Legislative

Council.

XXIA. (1) The sessions of

the Legislative Council shall commence

on such date and end on such date as the Governor shall from time to time

appoint by notice published in the Hong Kong Government Gazette, but the period between the last sitting of one session of the Legislative 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.".

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Addition.

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