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Dissolution of

the Legislative Council.

(4)

Additional sittings of the Legislative

Council may be held in accordance with Standing Orders

in any period after the end of a session of the Council

(other than a session that ends on a dissolution) and

before the commencement of the next session, but any

such additional sitting or sittings shall not be

deemed to be or form part of a session of the Council.

XXIB. (1) The Governor may at any time by Order

published in the Hong Kong Government Gazette dissolve

the Legislative Council.

(2) When the Legislative Council is

dissolved an election for all the Elected Members of

the Council shall be held within three months after the

dissolution thereof in accordance with the law in that

behalf in force in the Colony.

(3) Where the Legislative Council is

dissolved, clause XXIC (1) shall take effect as if the

reference therein to every third year were a reference

to every third year after the year in which the Council

was last dissolved.

XXIC.

[As in XXIB of Hong Kong draft

Holding of elections.

12.2.85.]

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