Article 51
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if
If the Legislative Council refuses to pass the
budget bill presented by the government, or appropriation of public funds cannot be approved because
the Legislative Council is already dissolved, the Chief
Executive may approve temporary short-term appropriations according to the level of the previous fiscal year's
expenditure prior to the election of the new Legislative
Council.
Article 52
The Chief Executive shall have to resign under any
of the following circumstances :
(1) When
(2)
(3)
he/she loses the ability to discharge the
functions of his/her office due to serious illness
or other reasons;
When, after the
the Legislative Council is dissolved
because he/she twice refuses to sign the bill it
passes, the new Legislative Council has again
passed the original bill in dispute with а
two-thirds majority and he/she still refuses to
sign it; and
When, after the Legislative Council is dissolved
because it
it refuses to approve the budget or an y
other important bill, the new Legislative Council
still refuses to pass the original bill in
dispute.
Article 53
If the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong SAR is not
able to discharge his/her duties for a brief period, such
duties shall temporarily be assumed by Administrative
Secretary, Financial Secretary, Secretary of Justice in the
above order of precedence.