TNAG-2219-FCO40-3187-Constitutional-development-in-Hong-Kong-Letters-Patent-and-R-1991 — Page 81

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Clause XIX of principal Instructions revoked and replaced.

Clause XXI(1) of principal Instructions revoked and replaced.

Amendment of Clause XXVIIIA of principal Instructions.

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-

1. (1) These Instructions may be cited as the Hong Kong Additional Instructions 1991 and shall be construed as one with the Hong Kong Royal Instructions 1917 as amended (hereinafter called "the principal Instructions").

(2) The Hong Kong 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.

2. Clause XIX of the principal Instructions is revoked and replaced by the following new Clause:-

and quorum.

"Validity of XIX.(1) The Legislative Council shall not be disqualified from the proceedings transaction of business by reason of any vacancy in the membership thereof (including any vacancy when the Council first meets after an election to elect all the Elected Members), and any proceedings therein shall not be invalidated by any such vacancy or by any defect in the election, appointment or qualification of any Member thereof.

(2) If at any sitting of the Legislative Council a quorum is not present and any Member who is present objects on that account to the transaction of business and, after such interval as may be prescribed by standing rules and orders of the Council, the Governor or Member presiding at the sitting ascertains that a quorum is still not present, he shall adjourn the Council.

(3) For the purpose of paragraph (2) of this Clause, a quorum shall consist of twenty members including the Governor or Member presiding.".

3. Clause XXI(1) of the principal Instructions is revoked and replaced by the following new Clause:-

"Presiding in XXI(1). The Governor shall be President of the Legislative Council Legislative and, when present at a meeting of the Council, shall preside."

Council.

4. Clause XXVIIIA of the principal Instructions is amended by adding at the end. of the proviso to paragraph (1) the following:-

"(or if the election was held on more than one day, of the first day of that election)".

Given at Our Court at St. James's this 12th day of May, 1991 year of Our Reign.

in the Fortieth

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