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HONG KONG

Citation,

THE HONG KONG ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS 1993 (No. 2)

Dated: 23rd December 1993.

Elizabeth, R.

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 1993 construction and (No. 2) and shall be construed as one with the Hong Kong Royal Instructions of 1917 as

amended (hereinafter called "the principal Instructions").

commencement.

Amendment of Clause XIIA of

principal Instructions.

Revocation of Clauses XIII, XIV, XVI, XVII and XVIII of

principal Instructions.

Amendment of Clause XIX of

principal Instructions.

(2) The Hong Kong Royal Instructions 1917 to 1993 (No. 1) and these Instructions may be cited together as the Hong Kong Royal Instructions 1917 to 1993 (Nos. 1 and 2).

(3) These Instructions shall be published in the Hong Kong Government Gazette and, subject to paragraph (4), shall come into operation on the appointed day.

(4) The following provisions shall come into operation on the date of publication—

(a) Clause 2(a)(ii) and (iii) which amends clause XIIA(1) of the principal

Instructions;

(b) Clause 2(b)(ii) which amends clause XIIA(2) of the principal Instructions; (c) Clause 2(c) which adds paragraph (3) to clause XIIA of the principal Instructions. (5) In these Instructions "appointed day" has the same meaning as in the Hong Kong Letters Patent 1993.

2. Clause XIIA of the principal Instructions is amended—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) by deleting the word “Elected' and substituting the word “the”; (ii) by deleting the words "a law" and substituting the word "laws”; (iii) by deleting the date "1991" and substituting the date "1995";

(b) in paragraph (2)——

(i) by deleting the word "Elected";

(ii) by deleting the words “a law” and substituting the word “laws”; (c) by adding after paragraph (2) the following paragraph-

"(3) Subject to paragraph (1)(b), as regards an election referred to in paragraph (1), voting in respect of constituencies of different descriptions or the election of different categories of Members of the Legislative Council may take place on different days.".

3. Clauses XIII, XIV, XVI, XVII and XVIII of the principal Instructions are revoked.

4. Clause XIX of the principal Instructions is amended in paragraph (1)———-

(a) by deleting the word "Elected";

(b) by deleting the word ", appointment".