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DRAFT CLAUSES AS SUGGESTED BY MR O'GRADY

B

Sessions of the Legislative.

Council.

XXIA. (1) Subject to paragraph 3 there shall be

one session of the Legislative Council in every

twelve

consecutive period of months that begins on

1 October in each year.

(2) Subject to paragraph 3 each session of

the Legislative Council shall commence on such date and

end on such date as the Governor shall appoint by notice

published in the Hong Kong Government Gazette, but the

period between the last sitting of one session of the

Council and the first sitting of the next session shall

not exceed three months.

(3) Where the Legislative Council is

dissolved during a session in any period of twelve months

referred to in paragraph (1), that session shall

thereupon end and if an election following a dissolution

of the Council is held before the expiration of the

said period of 12 months, another session in the same

period:-

(a)

(b)

may be held if the unexpired part of

such period remaining after the holding of

such elections does not exceed three months;

shall be held in accordance with paragraph (2)

if the unexpired part of such period remaining

after holding such elections exceeds three

months.

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