which Oaths the said Chief avoidably absent, the senior present, is hereby required to
nd use the Public Seal of the ever that shall pass the said
Council in and for the Colony, uch persons as We shall direct ual and Signet, and all such he said Council during Our ficient cause to him appearing unctions in the Council any ation of Our pleasure, giving of Our Principal Secretaries ed by Us through one of Our vernor shall forthwith by an e Colony revoke the appoint- h his seat in the Council shall
lative Council in and for the nsist of
eing the persons for the time e functions of Chief Secretary, cial Secretary of the Colony;
ons holding office under the Governor may, from time to r with the ex officio members,
bers");
persons as the Governor may, ho shall be styled "Appointed
s (who shall be styled "Elected ho are qualified and elected as ce with a law in that behalf in
tive Council shall be made by Instructions under Our Sign f Our Principal Secretaries of lic Seal of the Colony. Official all hold their places in the said ubject thereto, in accordance
Manual and Signet.
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(3) Subject to any Instructions under Our Sign Manual and Signet, Elected Members shall hold their places in the Legislative Council, and vacate their seats, in accordance with a law in that behalf in force in the Colony.
VII. (1) The Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council, may make laws for the peace, order, and good government of the Colony.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), a law of the Colony may provide for the election of Elected Members of the Legislative Council and, in particular, may determine the constituencies and the number of members of the said Council to be elected by each constituency, the qualifications and disqualifications of electors, candidates and Elected Members, and the tenure of office of Elected Members.
Governor, with advice and consent of Council to make Laws. (Amended on 4.4.85.)
Disallowance of
Laws.
(3) NEW CLAUSE BASED ON ARTICLE 39 BASIC LAW VIII. We do hereby reserve to Ourselves, Our heirs and successors, full power and authority to disallow, through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, any such law as aforesaid. Every such disallowance shall take effect from the time when the same shall be promulgated by the Governor in the Colony.
IX. We do also reserve to Ourselves, Our heirs and successors, Our and their undoubted right, with the advice of Our or their Privy Council, to make all such laws as may appear necessary for the peace, order, and good government of the Colony.
X. When a Bill passed by the Legislative Council is presented to the Governor for his assent he shall, according to his discretion, but subject to any Instructions addressed to him under Our Sign Manual and Signet or through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, declare that he assents thereto, or refuses his assent to the same, or that he reserves the same for the signification of Our pleasure.
XI. A Bill reserved for the signification of Our pleasure shall take effect so soon as We shall have given Our assent to the same by Order in Council, or through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, and the Governor shall have signified such assent by message to the Legislative Council or by proclamation: Provided that no such message shall be issued after two years from the day on which the Bill was presented to the Governor for his assent.
XII. In the making of any laws the Governor and the Legis- lative Council shall conform to and observe all rules, regulations, and directions in that behalf contained in any Instructions under Our Sign Manual and Signet.
XIII. (1) The Governor, on Our behalf, may make and execute grants and dispositions of any lands within the Colony that may be lawfully granted or disposed of by Us.
Power of legislation reserved to the Crown.
Assent to Bills.
Reserved Bills.
Governor and Legislative Council to observe Instructions.
Disposal of lands.
(Amended on 26.8.60. 22.8.86.)
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