Introduction
To promote and facilitate understanding of the Legislative Council ("LegCo") of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, LegCo InfoPacks are compiled by the LegCo Library to facilitate users' access to relevant information on the history, work, people and other aspects of LegCo.
This InfoPack contains copies of documents providing information on the original Letters Patent (or The Hong Kong Charter) and the Letters Patent of 1917 ("the principal Letters Patent") and their enactment history. The sources of information in this InfoPack are Gazettes published between 1877 and 1996 and a book entitled Government and Politics.
Legislative Council Library
December 2011
This InfoPack is for facilitating access to materials in the collection of the Legislative Council Library only. It does not represent or reflect the view of the Legislative Council or any of its Members or the Legislative Council Secretariat. Neither The Legislative Council Commission nor the Legislative Council Secretariat warrants or assumes any legal liability or responsibility about the completeness, accuracy or reliability of any information provided. The Legislative Council Commission permits accurate reproduction of the materials protected by Legislative Council copyright for non-commercial use in a manner not adversely affecting the Legislative Council provided that the source is acknowledged. When third party copyright is involved, permission for reproduction must be obtained direct from the appropriate copyright owner.
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