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CONSTITUTION OF COUNCILS-HONGKONG
Unofficial
Members.
Provisional
appointments in
place of Official
Members
absent, &c
Provisional
appointments to
be immediately
reported.
Revocation of
such appoint-
Provisional
cial Members
absent, &c.
Provisional
appointments to
be immediately
reported.
Revocation of
such appoint¬
ments.
Vacation of seats
by Unofficial
Membersj
not exceeding six in number at any one time, as at the date of the coming®
into operation of Our said recited Letters Patent are Unofficial Memberspc
of the said Council, or as the Governor, in pursuance of Instructional!
from Us, through one of our Principal Secretaries of State, may fromir
time to time appoint by an Instrument under the Public Seal of the f
Colony, and all such persons shall be styled Unofficial Members of thf I
Legislative Council.
XIV. —Whenever any Official Member other than an ex-ojjici\ I
Member of the Legislative Council of the Colony shall, by writing unde] )
his hand, resign his seat in the Council, or shall die, or be suspended frott jj-
the exercise of his functions as a Member of the Council, or be declared k
by the Governor by an Instrument under the Public Seal of the Colon;
to be incapable of exercising his functions as a Member of the Council, ot
be absent from the Colony, or shall be acting in an office the holder o
which is an ex-officio Member of the Council, the Governor may, by ad
Instrument under the Public Seal of the Colony, provisionally appoin: i
some person to be temporarily an Official Member of the Council in th« )
place of the Member so resigning, or dying, or being suspended, os ,
declared incapable, or being absent, or sitting as an ex-officio Member, j
Such person shall forthwith cease to be an Official Member of thv J
Council if his appointment is disallowed by Us, or if the Member in whosi :>
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 tin 1
said Council, or shall cease to sit in the Council as an ex-officio Member t
The Governor shall, without delay, report to Us, for Our confirmatior ji
or disallowance, through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, everj
provisional appointment of any person as an Official Member of thd
Legislative Council. Every such person shall hold his place in the Council
during Our pleasure, and the Governor may by an Instrument under the
Public Seal revoke any such appointment.
XV. —If any Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council shall die, oil,
become incapable of discharging his functions as a Member of the Counciljp
or be suspended or removed from his seat in the Council, or be absent fronite
the Colony, or if he resign by writing under his hand, or if his seat becomab
vacant, the Governor may, by an Instrument under the Public Seal of th«
Colony, provisionally appoint in his place a fit person to be temporarily arilt
Unofficial Member of the said Council.
Such person shall forthwith cease to be a Member if his appointmenfc
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 fro nil <
suspension, or shall be declared by the Governor by an Instrument under th#
Public Seal capable of again discharging his functions in the said Council. ; f
Tbe Governor shall, without delay, report to Us, for Our confirmation »
or disallowance, to be signified through one of Our Principal Secretaries ofd
State, every provisional appointment of any person as an Unofficial Member8 p
of the Legislative Council. Every such person shall hold his place in thei f
Council daring Our pleasure, and the Governor may by an Instrument £
under the Public Seal revoke any such appointment.
XVI. —Every person who at the date of the coming into operation of :<
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 after the date of the s
coming into operation of Our said recited Letters Patent shall vacate his, 3
seat at the end of six years from the date of the Instrument by which or i
in pursuance of which he is appointed, unless it is otherwise provided by •'
that Instrument.