onveniently attend; which before them the Oath of Act passed in the Session ›nd years of the reign of n Act to amend the Law se the usual Oath for the or and for the due and ch Oaths the said Chief dably absent, the senior resent, is hereby required
se the Public Seal of the that shall pass the said
Council in and for the st of such persons as We 1 Manual and Signet, and the said Council during 1 sufficient cause to him s functions in the Council ication of Our pleasure, h one of Our Principal confirmed by Us through tate the Governor shall ublic Seal of the Colony and thereupon his seat in
e Council in and for the of-
ing the persons for the g the functions of Chief nd Financial Secretary of
rsons as the Governor oint (who shall be styled
ho shall be styled "Elected are qualified and elected as with a law in that behalf in
e Council shall be made by Istructions under Our Sign f Our Principal Secretaries
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of State, by an instrument under the Public Seal of the Colony. Appointed Members shall hold their places in the said Council during Our pleasure and, subject thereto, in accordance with any Instructions under Our Sign Manual and Signet.
(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.
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(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. The law of the Colony may make provision for different categories of Elected Members and separate provision as regards the constituencies, qualifications and dis- qualifications relating to such categories of Elected Members.
(3). The provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 16 December 1966, as applied to Hong Kong, shall be implemented through the laws of Hong Kong. No law of Hong Kông shall be made after the coming into operation of the Hong Kong-Letters Patent 1991 (No. 2) that restricts the rights and freedoms enjoyed in Hong Kong in a manner which is inconsistent with that Covenant as applied to Hong Kong.
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.
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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.
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Governor, with advice and consent of Council to make
Laws. (Amended on 4.4.85. 12.10.90. 8.6.91.)
Disallowance of Laws.
Power of legislation reserved to the Crown.
X. When a Bill passed by the Legislative Council is presented Assent to Bills. 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.
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