(2) The Hong Kong Letters Patent 1917 to 1988 and these Our
Letters Patent may be cited together as the Hong Kong Letters Patent
1917 to 1990.
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Legislative Council
(1) Article VI (1) of the principal Letters Patent is amended
(a) in sub-paragraph (b) by adding "(who shall be styled
"ex officio Members)" at the end;
(b)
by repealing paragraph (c);
(c) in sub-paragraph (d) by repealing "twenty" and
substituting "eighteen"; and
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