THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH MAY, 1888.
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IV. And We do by these Our Letters Patent declare Our will and pleasure as follows:-
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V. Every person appointed to fill the office of Governor of the Colony shall with Publication of all due solemnity, before entering upon any of the duties of his office, cause the Com- Governor's Commis- mission appointing him to be Governor to be read and published in the presence of the Chief Justice or other Judge of the Supreme Court, and of such Members of the Executive Council of the Colony as can conveniently attend; which being done he
shall then and there take before them the Oath of Allegiance in the form provided by Oaths to be taken by an Act passed in the Session holden in the thirty-first and thirty-second years of Our Governor. reign, intituled "An Act to amend the Law relating to Promissory Oaths" and Imperial Act, 31 & likewise the usual Oath for the due execution of the office of Governor, and for the 32 Vict., cap. 72. due and impartial administration of justice; which Oaths the said Chief Justice or Judge, or if they be unavoidably absent, the Senior Member of the Executive Council then present, is hereby required to administer.
VI. The Governor shall keep and use the Public Seal of the Colony for sealing all Public Seal. things whatsoever that shall pass the said Public Seal.
cutive Council.
VII. The Executive Council of the Colony shall consist of such persons as We Constitution of Exe- shall direct by any Instructions under Our Sign Manual and Siguet, and all such persons shall hold their places in the said Council during Our pleasure.
VIII. The Legislative Council of the Colony shall consist of such persons as We Constitution of Le- shall direct by any Instructions under Our Sign Manual and Signet, and all such gislative Council. persons shall hold their places in the said Council during Our pleasure.
IX. The Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council, Governor, with ad- may make Laws for the peace, order, and good government of the Colony.
vice and consent of Council, to make Laws.
X. We do hereby reserve to Ourselves, Our heirs and successors, full power and Disallowance authority to disallow, through One of Our Principal Secretaries of State, any such Law Laws. as aforesaid. Every such disallowance shall take effect from the time when the same shall be promulgated by the Governor in the Colony.
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XI. We do also reserve to Ourselves, Our heirs and successors, Our and their Power of Legislation undoubted right, with the advice of Our or their Privy Council, to make all such Laws reserved to the as may appear necessary for the peace, order, and good government of the Colony,
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XII. The Governor, in Our name and on Our behalf, may make and execute, Land grants. under the Public Seal of the Colony, grants and dispositions of any lands which
may be lawfully granted or disposed of by Us. Provided that every such grant or disposi- tion be made in conformity either with some law in force in the Colony or with some Instructions addressed to the Governor under Our Sign Manual and Signet, or through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, or with some regulations in force in the Colony.
XIII. The Governor may constitute and appoint all such Judges, Commissioners, Governor empower- Justices of the Peace, and other necessary Officers and Ministers in the Colony, as may and other Officers.
ed to appoint Judges lawfully be constituted or appointed by Us, all of whom, unless otherwise provided by law, shall hold their offices during Our pleasure.
XIV. When any crime has been committed within the Colony, or for which the Grant of pardon. offender may be tried therein, the Governor may, as he shall see occasion, in Our name and on Our behalf, grant a pardon to any accomplice in such crime who shall give such information as shall lead to the conviction of the principal offender, or of any one of such offenders, if more than one; and further, may grant to any offender convicted in any Court, or before any Judge, or other Magistrate within the Colony, a Pardon either free or subject to lawful conditions, or any remission of the sentence passed on any such offender, or any respite of the execution of such sentence for such period as the Governor thinks fit, and may remit the payment of any fines, penalties, or forfeitures And remission of due or accrued to Us. Provided always that the Governor shall in no case, except fines. when the offence has been of a political nature unaccompanied by any other grave crime, Political offences. make it a condition of any pardon or remission of sentence that the offender shall be Proviso. Banishment banished from or shall absent himself or be removed from the Colony.
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XV. The Governor may, upon sufficient cause to him appearing, suspend from the Suspension of exercise of his Office any person holding any Office within the Colony, whether appointed by any Commission or Warrant from Us or in Our name, or by any other mode of appointment. Every such suspension shall continue and have effect only until Our pleasure therein shall be signified to the Governor. In proceeding to any such suspension the Governor is strictly to observe the directions in that behalf given to him by any Instructions as aforesaid.
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