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XXV.
In the passing of Ordinances the Governor and the Council shall observe, as far as practicable, the following Rules-
(1) Laws may be enacted in English or Chinese. All laws shall be styled "Ordinances" and the enacting words shall be "enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof", or the corresponding style and words in Chinese.
(Replaced on 22 August #HISTYR 1986)
Ordinances to be numbered and methodically arranged
(2) All Ordinances shall be distinguished by titles, and shall be divided into successive clauses or paragraphs numbered consecutively. The Ordinances of each year shall be distinguished by consecutive numbers, commencing in each year with the number one.
Except in the case of Bills reserved for the signification of Our pleasure, all Ordinances passed by the Legislative Council in any one year shall, if assented to by the Governor, be assented to by him in that year, and shall be dated as of the day on which the assent of the Governor is given, and shall be numbered as of the year in which they are passed. Bills not so assented to by the Governor, but reserved by him for the signification of Our pleasure, shall be dated as of the day and numbered as of the year on and in which they are brought into operation.
(Amended 9 April #HISTYR 1988)
and
(3) Each different matter shall be provided for by a different Ordinance, without intermixing in one the same Ordinance such things as have no proper relation to each other; and no clause is to be inserted in or annexed to any Ordinance which shall be foreign to what the title of such Ordinance imports, and no perpetual clause shall be part of any temporary Ordinance.
Rules and
regulations under which Ordinances are to be enacted
Form of enacting Ordinances
Different subjects
not to be mixed in same Ordinance
No clause to be introduced foreign to what title of Ordinance imports
Temporary Ordinances.
XXVI. The Governor shall not, except in the cases hereunder mentioned, assent in Our name to any Bill of any of the following classes-
Description of Bills not to be assented to
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