and any such vacancy shall be filled at the next
following election ("the relevant election") to
be held to elect all the elected Members of the
Legislative Council in respect of the election
committee constituency or at an election held in
lieu thereof if such relevant election for the
election committee constituency concerned is
countermanded in accordance with regulations
made under section 7 of the Boundary and
Election Commission Ordinance ( of 1993).".
53.
Part heading amended
/
The heading of Part III is amended by adding VOTING SYSTEM"
after "FRANCHISE".
54.
Entitlement to vote
Section 12 (2) is amended by repealing "functional".
55. Section added
The following is added
"12A.
System of voting and counting
(1) At every contested election voting at a poll shall be
conducted by secret ballot.
(2) The votes shall be given and counted
-
(a) in respect of the election committee
constituency, in accordance with the single
transferable vote system of election (being a
variety of proportional representation) which
system shall include the following features,
that is to say
SECRET