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 ===ARTICLE V – Executive Council=== There shall be an Executive Council in and for the Colony, and the said Council shall consist of such persons as We shall direct by Instructions under Our Sign Manual and Signet, and all such persons shall hold their places in the said Council during Our pleasure. The Governor may upon sufficient cause to him appearing suspend from the exercise of his functions in the Council any Member thereof pending the signification of Our pleasure, giving immediate notice to Us through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State. If the suspension is confirmed by Us through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State the Governor shall forthwith by an instrument under the Public Seal of the Colony revoke the appointment of such Member, and thereupon his seat in the Council shall become vacant.

ARTICLE VI – Legislative Council
(1) There shall be a Legislative Council in and for the Colony, and the said Council shall consist of sixty Members, being persons who are qualified for election and elected in accordance with laws in that behalf in force in the Colony and of whom-

(a) twenty shall have been returned in respect of geographical constituencies;

(b) thirty shall have been returned in respect of functional constituencies; and

(c) ten shall have been returned by an election committee. (Replaced on 1 July 1994)

(2) (Repealed on 1 July 1994)

(3) Subject to any Instructions under our Sign Manual and Signet, Members shall hold their places in the Legislative Council, and vacate their seats, in accordance with laws in that behalf in force in the Colony. (Amended on 1 July 1994) (Replaced on 4 April 1985)

ARTICLE VII – Governor, with advice and consent of Council to make Laws
(1) The Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council, may make laws for the peace, order, and good government of the Colony. (Amended on 4 April 1985)

(2) Without affecting the generality of paragraph (1), laws of the Colony may provide for the holding of elections as regards the election of Members of the Legislative Council. Such laws may provide for different categories of such