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ARTICLE XVIII – Officers and others to obey and assist Governor
And We do hereby require and command all Our officers and ministers, civil and military, and all other the inhabitants of the Colony, to be obedient, aiding and assisting unto the Governor and to any person for the time being administering the Government of the Colony.

ARTICLE XIX – Term "the Governor" explained
In these Our Letters Patent the term "the Governor" shall include every person for the time being administering the Government of the Colony. "the Governor"

ARTICLE XX – Power reserved to His Majesty to revoke, alter, or amend present Letters Patent
And We do hereby reserve to Ourselves, Our heirs and successors, full power and authority, from time to time, to revoke, alter, or amend these Our Letters Patent as to Us or them shall seem meet.

ARTICLE XXI – Publication of Letters Patent
And We do further direct and enjoin that these Our Letters Patent shall be read and proclaimed at such place or places within the Colony as the Governor shall think fit, and shall come into operation on a day to be fixed by the Governor by Proclamation. (Note: Publication in accordance with Article XXI of the Letters Patent was effected by Proclamation No. 3 of 1917 in Hong Kong Government Gazette of 20 April 1917)