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Article 22 Right to participate in public life
45.
Every person with the right of abode in Hong Kong
may without any of the distinctions mentioned in Article 1,
and without unreasonable restrictions:
(a)
participate in public affairs
affairs himself or through
freely chosen representatives;
(b)
vote and be elected at regular elections at which
every person must be able to vote secretly and
with an equal voice; and
(c)
have access, on general terms of equality, to
public service in Hong Kong.
Article 23 - Equality before and equal protection of law
46.
The law must deal with everyone equally and cannot
treat one person differently from another because of the
person's race, colour,
national or social
sex, language, religion, opinion,
status,
property, birth or any other
status.
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