CAP. 1611
Medical Registration
[1987 Ed.
Chairman of the Council.
Secretary of, and legal adviser to
the Council.
Temporary members.
(b) is the subject of an order made under section 21;
(c) becomes bankrupt or makes an arrangement with his
creditors;
(d) is, in the opinion of the Governor, incapacitated from carrying out the duties of his office by reason of physical or mental illness;
(e) is no longer ordinarily resident in Hong Kong; or
(f) is, in the opinion of the Governor, unable or unfit to
perform his duties and exercise his powers as a member of the Council,
the Governor may declare the member's office of membership of the Council to be vacant.
(7) Notwithstanding anything in this section, a person---
(a) against whom an order under section 21 has at any time
been made; or
(b) who is
(i) undergoing a sentence of imprisonment; (ii) detained in a mental hospital; or
(iii) an undischarged bankrupt,
shall not be eligible for appointment or reappointment as a member of the Council.
(Amended, 70 of 1975, s. 3)
3A. (1) The Director shall be the Chairman of the Council. (2) If the Director is absent from any meeting of the Council, the members of the Council present at the meeting shall elect one of their members to act in his place.
(Added, 70 of 1975, s. 4)
3B. The Council shall have a secretary and a Legal Adviser who shall be appointed by the Governor.
(Added, 70 of 1975, s. 4)
3C. (1) If any appointed member of the Council is, because of illness, absence from Hong Kong or any other reason, unable to perform his duties and exercise his powers as a member of the Council for any period, the Governor may appoint another person who is suitably qualified for appointment under section 3(2) (not being one who is disqualified from holding office under section 3 or who has been removed from office under that section) to be a temporary member of the Council in the place of the member during that period.
(2) While any person is acting as a temporary member of the Council, he shall be capable of performing all the duties and of exercising all the powers of the member whom he is temporarily replacing.
(Added, 70 of 1975, s. 4)