Citation.
construction
and
commencement.
Amendment of
Article XVI of
principal
Letters Patent.
Reservations.
ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Our other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING!
Know Ye that We have declared and by these Presents do declare Our Will and Pleasure as follows-
1. (1) These Our Letters may be cited as the Hong Kong Letters Patent 1993 (No. 2) and shall be construed as one with the Hong Kong Letters Patent 1917 as amended (hereinafter called “the principal Letters Patent").
(2) The Hong Kong Letters Patent 1917 to 1993 and these Our Letters may be cited together as the Hong Kong Letters Patent 1917 to 1993 (No. 2).
(3) These Our Letters shall be published in the Hong Kong Government Gazette and shall come into operation upon the date of publication.
2. (1) Article XVI of the principal Letters Patent is numbered as Article XVI, paragraph (1) and a following new paragraph (2) is added:-
“(2) Paragraph (1) of this Article shall not apply to any person holding any of the following public offices within the Colony-
Registrar of the Supreme Court
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court
Assistant Registrar, Supreme Court Principal Magistrate
Magistrate
Special Magistrate
Presiding Officer, Labour Tribunal
Adjudicator, Small Claims Tribunal Coroner
President, Lands Tribunal
Presiding Officer, Lands Tribunal
Member of the Lands Tribunal (being a member who is in the full-time service
of the Crown).".
3. We do hereby reserve to Ourself, Our Heirs and Successors full power and authority to amend or revoke these Presents.
In Witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent.
Witness Ourself at Balmoral the
seventeenth
in the Forty-second year of Our Reign.
September
By Warrant under The Queen's Sign Manual.
day of
LEGG
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