TNAG-2738-FCO40-3951-Hong-Kong-Letters-Patent-1993-1993 — Page 131

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

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