ELECTORAL PROVISIONS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988

Enclosure No.4

1

A BILL

To

Amend the Electoral Provisions Ordinance and to make a consequential

amendment to the District Boards Ordinance.

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent

of the Legislative Council thereof.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Electoral Provisions (Amend- Short title. ment) Ordinance 1988.

2. Section 21 of the principal Ordinance is amended-

(a) in subsection (2)—

(i) by deleting "No" and substituting the following-

"Subject to subsections (3) and (4), no”;

(ii) by deleting the colon and substituting a full stop; and (iii) by deleting the proviso; and

(b) by inserting after subsection (2) the following-

"(3) In the Urban Council area, an elector shall be qualified to stand as a candidate for and to be elected as a member for one constituency of the Urban Council and for one constituency of a District Board in the Urban Council

area.

(4) In the Regional Council area, an elector shall be qualified to stand as a candidate for and to be elected as a member for one constituency of the Regional Council and for one constituency of a District Board in the Regional Council area.".

Amendment of section 21.

(Cap. 367.)

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