Article 77
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Members
of the
Legislative Council of the Hong
Kong SAR shall
shall not be subject to arrest when attending or on their way to a meeting of the Legislative Council.
Article 78
shall
The President of the Legislative Council declare that a member of the Council is no longer qualified
to serve under any of the following circumstances:
(1) When he/she los es the ability to discharge
functions of his/her office due to
serious illness or other reasons;
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
the
When he/she is absent from meeting for three
consecutive months without the consent of the
President of the Legislative Council and with
no reasonable explanation;
When he/she loses or renounces his/her status
as a permanent resident of the Hong Kong SAR;
When he/she accepts appointment by the
government as public servant;
When he/she is bankrupt or fails to pay debts
in defiance of a court ruling;
convicted and
one month or
sentenced to
more for a
When he/she is
imprisonment for
criminal offence comitted within or out side
the Hong Kong SAR and is relieved of his/her
duties by a motion passed by two-thirds of
members of the Legislative Council
the
present;
When he/she is censured for misbehavior or
breach of oath by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the Legislative Council present.