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Age of majority
6. There
is
one
Reference
and entitlement to vote
further related issue which
I have previously discussed with kay
Saunders,
but now
We have not raised it with HK,
seeme
it. The
last
year
a
good opportunity to mention
was reduced
21 to 18. Yet the electoral
age of majority
from
legislation only permits those over 21 to vote,
It is
possible to envisage
being brought by
would-be
a
a
BoR achan
disenfrangised
voter between the ages of 18 and
20 under BOR, Article 21 (b). Aut 2516)
applies to
ノ
ICCPR
nevey
citizen", by which
it must,
I would
say,
be understood to
adult !!
but it could be
CODE 18-77
mean
"every
does not define
adult citizen". The ICCPR
argued that all citizens defined as adult in national law
have the rights
in Article 25,
I assume that
similar arguments could be advanced in relation to BoR 21
we
could
In defence
argue (i) it is not inconsistent with the ICCPR to define the age of majority differently for different purposes; and (ii) the reservation to Ahile 25 in
any event applies. This sat of defence world be