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ANNEX B

HONG KONG

THE HONG KONG ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS 1991

Dated : 1991

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

cited

as

1.- (1) These Instructions may be

the Hong Kong

Addition al Instructions 1991 and shall be

shall be construed as one with the Hong Kong Royal Instructions of 1917 as amended (hereinafter called "the principal Instructions").

Hong

Kong

(2) The

Royal Instructions 1917 to 1990 and these Instructions may be cited together as the Hong Kong Royal Instructions 1917 to 1991.

(3) These Instructions shall be published in the Hong Kong Government Gazette and shall come into operation upon the date of such publication.

XIX

of

the principal

2. Clause Instructions is revoked and replaced by the

following new Clause :-

"validity of

proceedings and quorum.

Citation,

construction

and

commencement

Clause

XIX

of

principal

Instructions

XIX.(1)

Council

The Legislative shall

revoked and replaced.

not

disqualified

from

be

the

transaction of business by reason of any vacancy in the membership thereof (including any vacancy when the Council first meets after an election for all the Elected Members), and any proceedings therein shall not be invalidated by any such vacancy or by any defect in the election, appointment

ΟΙ

qualification of any Member thereof.

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