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Add ion of new, clause XXVIIIA to

the principal Instructions

10. The principal Instructions are amended by

adding, immediately after clause XXVIII, the following:

"Dissolution of Council

XXVIIIA. (1) The Governor

may at any time, by 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.

(2) On the dissolution

of the Council, all the Elected

Members shall vacate their seats:

Provided that if, for the

consideration of any urgent

business, the Governor shall

appoint a time for a sitting of

the Council after the dissolution

but before the day appointed or

the holding of an election for all

the Elected Members of the

Legislative Council (as required

by clause XIIA of these

Instructions), the persons

holding office as Elected Members

of the Council immediately

before such dissolution shall

continue to sit as Elected

Members until the commencement

of the day (or, if more than one,

the first day) appointed for the

holding of such elections.".

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