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HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
13 October 1993
香港立法局
一九九三年十月十三日
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(4) The members of a Panel shall be those Members (other than the President and the ex officio Members) who signify membership in accordance with procedural rules (which shall provide only for the manner and timing of such signification) decided by the House Committee.
(5) The chairman of a Panel shall be elected by the Panel from amongst its members. The Panel may also elect a deputy chairman. The chairman and deputy chairman of a Panel shall hold office until the first sitting of the Panel in the session next following that in which they were elected.
(6) A Member who is the chairman or deputy chairman of a Government advisory body in respect of matters which a Panel considers to be directly related to the terms of reference of the Panel shall not be the chairman or deputy chairman of the Panel.
(7) A Member shall not be chairman or deputy chairman of more than one Panel at the same time.
(8) A Panel shall consist of not less than six members including the chairman. The quorum of a Panel shall be three members including the chairman, or one third of the members including the chairman (a fraction of the whole number being disregarded), whichever is the greater.
(9) A Panel may, if it considers appropriate, form subcommittees to study specific issues and to report to the Panel.
(10) A Panel or its subcommittee may, if it considers appropriate, sit jointly with any other Panel or its subcommittee for the purpose of considering any matter of common interest to the Panels.
(11) A Panel and its subcommittee shall sit at the times (including any time during the period when the Council is in recess between the end of one session and the beginning of the next session) and at the place determined by the chairman of the Panel or its subcommittee, as the case may be. Written notice of the place, day and time of every sitting shall be given to the members at least three days before the day of the sitting but shorter notice may be given in any case where the chairman so directs.