DRAFT
Dated:
HONG KONG
THE HONG KONG ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS 1986
1986
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS To Our Governor and Commander- in-Chief in and over Our Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies or other Officer for the time being Administering the Government of Our said Colony and its Dependencies.
We do hereby direct and enjoin and declare Our Will and pleasure as follows:-
Citation, construction
and
commencement
1.- (1) These Instructions may be cited as the Hong Kong Additional Instructions 1986 and shall be construed as one with the Hong Kong Royal Instructions of 1917 as amended (hereinafter called "the principal Instructions").
(2) The Hong Kong Royal Instructions 1917 to 1985 and these Instructions may be cited together as the Hong Kong Royal Instructions 1917 to 1986.
(3) These Instructions shall come into effect on
Amendment of Clause XXV of principal instructions
1986.
2.
Clause XXV of the principal Instructions is amended by deleting Rule 1 and substituting the following new Rule
-
"Form of enacting Ordinances
1. Laws may be enacted in the English or Chinese (
) languages and the texts in both languages shall be equally authoritative. All laws shall be styled "Ordinances" and the enacting words shall be "enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof" or the corresponding words in a Chinese language text."
Given at Our Court at St James's this
in the
year of Our Reign.
day of
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