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whether by name or by reference to an office, to exercise those powers by the Governor and such authorization shall be notified in the Hong Kong Government Gazette.
(3) Any such authority shall be subject to such conditions and restrictions (if any) as the Governor may specify, and may be varied or revoked by the Governor, and such conditions, restrictions, variation or revocation shall be notified in the Hong Kong Govern- ment Gazette.
(4) Grants and dispositions of land made under this Article shall be made in conformity with the provisions of such Instructions as may from time to time be given to the Governor under Our Royal Sign Manual and Signet or through a Secretary of State and such laws as may for the time being be in force in the Colony.
XIV. The Governor may constitute and appoint such Judges, Justices of the Peace and other public officers as may be lawfully appointed, all of whom shall, unless otherwise provided by law, hold their offices during Our pleasure.
XIVA. (1) When the holder of the Office of Governor or of any office constituted under Article XIV of these Letters Patent is on leave of absence pending relinquishment of his office, it shall be lawful for another person to be appointed substantively to the same office.
(2) When two or more persons are holding the same office by reason of an appointment made pursuant to paragraph (1) of this Article, then for the purposes of Articles XVII and XVIIA of these Letters Patent and for the purpose of any function conferred upon the holder of that office, the person last appointed to the office shall be deemed to be the holder of the office.
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When any crime or offence has been committed within the Colony, or for which the offender may be tried therein, the Gover- nor may, as he shall see occasion, in Our name and on Our behalf, grant a pardon to any accomplice in such crime or offence who shall give such information as shall lead to the conviction of the principal offender, or of any one of such offenders, if more than one; and further, may grant to any offender convicted of any crime or nce by any court of law in the Colony (other than a court martial established under any Act of Parliament), either free or subject to such conditions as the Governor may think fit to impose, a pardon or any remission of the sentence passed on such offender, or any respite of the execution of such sentence for such period as the Governor thinks fit, and may remit any fines, penalties, or forfei-
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XVI. Subject to the provisions of Article XVIA, the Governor may, subject to such instructions as may from time to time be given to him by Us through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, upon sufficient cause to him appearing, dismiss or suspend from the exercise of his office any person holding any public office within the Colony, or, subject as aforesaid, may take such other disciplinary action as may seem to him desirable.
XVIA. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Article, a judge of the Supreme Court or a judge of the District Court shall vacate his office when he attains the retiring age:
Provided that, notwithstanding that he has attained the retiring age, a person holding such an office may continue in office for so long after attaining that age as may be necessary to enable him to deliver judgment or to do any other thing in relation to proceedings that were commenced before him before he attained that age.
(2) (a) For the purposes of the preceding paragraph "retiring
age" means----
(i) in relation to the Chief Justice and any other judge of the Supreme Court, the age of sixty-five years; and
(ii) in relation to a judge of the District Court who was appointed to be such judge before 1st January 1987, the age of sixty years; and
(iii) in relation to a judge of the District Court who was appointed to be such judge on or after 1st January 1987, the age of sixty-five years.
(b) Notwithstanding the preceding sub-paragraph---
(i) a person may be appointed to be a judge of the Supreme Court (whatever his age and whether or not he has previously held office as such) for a specified period or periods not exceeding five years in the aggregate;
(ii) the term of office of a judge of the Supreme Court (other than a person appointed to be a judge of the Supreme Court under this sub-paragraph) or a judge of the District Court referred to in sub-paragraph (a)(ii) may be extended for a specified period or periods not exceeding five years in the aggregate,
and in any such case the judge shall accordingly be regarded for the purposes of the preceding paragraph as having attained the retiring age at the expiration of the specified period or periods.
(3) A judge of the Supreme Court or the District Court may at any time resign his office by writing under his hand addressed to the Governor.
(1) A ingling of the Supreme Court or the District Court may
Dismissal and suspension of officers. (Amended on 30.4.38. 17.11.67.)
Tenure of office of Supreme Court or district judge.
(Amended on 7.5.76.
30.4.82. 9.4.88.)
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