Hong Kong Royal Instructions (1843)
“ And it is Our further Will and pleasure that all Laws, or Ordinances to be enacted by the said Legislative Council shall henceforth be styled 'Ordinances enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof', and that no other style or form shall ever henceforth be observed in any such enactment, and that all such Laws and Ordinances be drawn up in a simple and compendious form avoiding as far as may be, all prolixity and tautology. ”
