1924

CONSTITUTION OF COUNCILS-HONGKONG
not exceeding six in number at any one time, as at the date of the c )ming^
unofficial into operation of Our said recited Letters Patent are Unofficial Members
Members. o£ tjie gaj(j 0ouncjjt or aSi £he Governor, in pursuance of Instructions
from Us, through one of our Principal Secretaries of State, may from
time to time appoint by an Instrument under the Public Seal of the
Colony, and all such persons shall be styled Unofficial Members of the
Legislative Council.
Provisional XIV.—Whenever any Official Member other than an ex-officio
pbu!e"/official" Member of the Legislative Council of the Colony shall, by writing under
absent"*? ^1s resign bis seat in the Council, or shall die, or be suspended from
a ’ ’ the exercise of his functions as a Member of the Council, or be declared
by the Governor by an Instrument under the Public Seal of the Colony
to be incapable of exercising his functions as a Member of the Council, or
be absent from the Colony, or shall be acting in an office the holder of
which is an ex-officio Member of the Council, the Governor may, by
Instrument under the Public Seal of the Colony, provisionally appoint
some person to be temporarily an Official Member of the Council in the
place of the Member so resigning, or dying, or being suspended, or
declared incapable, or being absent, or sitting as an ex-officio Member.
Such person shall forthwith cease to be an Official Member of the-
Council if his appointment is disallowed by Us, or if the Member in whose
place he was appointed shall return to the Colony, or shall be released
from suspension, or shall be declared by the Governor by an Instrument
under the Public Seal capable of again discharging his functions in the
said Council, or shall cease to sit in the Council as an ex-officio Member.
Provisional The Governor shall, without delay, report to Us, for Our confirmation
^immediately0 or disallowance, through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, every
reported. provisional appointment of any person as an Official Member of the
Kevocationof Legislative Council. Every such person shall hold his place in the Council
raents*>P°mt during Our pleasure, and the Governor may by an Instrument under the
Public Seal revoke any such appointment.
Provisional XV.—If any Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council shall die, or
place of Unoffi cl- become incapable of discharging his functions as a Member of the Council,,
ai Members or be suspended or removed from his seat in the Council, or be absent from
absent, &c. p[ie (J0l0nyj or if ]ie resign by writing under his hand, or if his seat become-
vacant, the Governor may, by an Instrument under the Public Seal of the
Colony, provisionally appoint in his place a fit person to be temporarily an
Unofficial Member of the said Council.
Such person shall forthwith cease to be a Member if his appointment
is disallowed by Us, or if the Member in whose place he was appointed
shall return to the Colony, or, as the case may be, shall be released from-
suspension, or shall be declared by the Governor by an Instrument under the
Public Seal capable of again discharging his functions in the said Council.
Provisional The Governor shall, without delay, report to Us, for Our confirmation
bemmiediateiy0 or disallowance, to be signified through one of Our Principal Secretaries of
reported. State, every provisional appointment of any person as an Unofficial Member
itevoeation of of the Legislative Council. Every such person shall hold his place in the-
ments.PPOnt Council during Our pleasure, and the Governor may by an Instrument
under the Public Seal revoke any such appointment.
Varationofseais XVI.—Every person who at the date of the coming into operation of
Members.Our said recited Letters Patent is an Unofficial Member of the Legislative
Council may retain his seat until the end of six years from the date of his-
appointment, and every Unofficial Member appointed afer the date of the
coming into operation of Our said recited Letters Patent shall vacate his
seat at the end of six years from the date of the Instrument by which or
in pursuance of which he is appointed, unless it is otherwise provided by
that Instrument.