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Amendment of Article VII of principal Letters

Patent.

Reservations

4.- (1) Article VII of the principal Letters Patent is amended by deleting paragraph (2) and substituting the following new paragraph 2:-

"(2) Without affecting the generality of paragraph (1), laws of the Colony may provide for the holding of elections for the Legislative Council. Such laws may provide for different categories of such Members and provide generally, or in relation to a particular category of Member, for -

(a) different systems or methods of election;

(b) determination of constituencies and the number of Members to be returned in respect thereof;

(c) qualifications or disqualifications, as regards electors, candidates for election or such Members; (d) tenure of office of Members."

(2) Article VII is amended to renumber paragraph (3) as paragraph (5) and to add two new paragraphs, paragraphs (3) and (4) -

"(3) Nothing in this Article shall be construed as precluding the making of laws which, as regards the election of the Members of the Legislative Council, confer on persons generally or persons of a particular description any entitlement to vote which is in addition to a vote in respect of a geographical constituency.

(4) Laws of the Colony may provide, as regards the election of the Members of the Legislative Council, for the appointment of different dates for voting to take place in respect of constituencies of different descriptions or election of different categories of Members.".

5. 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

day of

year of Our Reign.

the

in the

By Warrant under The Queen's Sign Manual.