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Urban Council
[1988 Ed.
PART III
GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
Disqualification from appointment, etc.
10. (1) A person shall be disqualified from being appointed or holding office as an appointed member if he (Amended 9 of 1986 s. 4)
(a) holds any public office (other than as a member of an auxiliary force) or any office of emolument in the gift or disposal of the Council or any committee thereof or having held such office has been dismissed therefrom;
(b) has in Hong Kong or any other territory or country been sentenced to death or imprisonment (by whatever name called) for a term exceeding 3 months and has not either suffered the punishment to which he was sentenced or such other punishment as may by competent authority have been substituted therefor or received a free pardon;
(c) has been convicted of treason;
(d) is disqualified from being appointed or holding office as an appointed member under any enactment;
(e) is a member of any parliament, assembly or council, whether central or local, of any place outside Hong Kong or a salaried functionary of a government of such place; (Amended 9 of 1986 s. 4)
(f) is an undischarged bankrupt or, within the previous 5 years, has either obtained his discharge in bankruptcy or has entered into a composition with his creditors, in either case without paying his creditors in full;
(fa) is the subject of a decision under the Mental Health Ordinance (Cap. 136) that he is of unsound mind and incapable of managing himself and his affairs; (Added 9 of 1986 s. 4)
(g) without prejudice to paragraph (b), has, where the appointment is to be made or is made within 10 years from the date of conviction, been convicted- (Amended 9 of 1986 s. 4)
(i) of any offence in Hong Kong or in any other territory or country and sentenced to imprisonment, whether suspended or not, for a term exceeding 3 months without the option of a fine;
(ii) of a corrupt or illegal practice within the meaning of the Corrupt and Illegal Practices Ordinance (Cap. 288), other than the illegal practice consisting of a contravention of any of the provisions of section 19(2) of that Ordinance, or of a corrupt or illegal practice within the meaning of any other enactment for the time being in force providing for the punishment of corrupt or illegal practices;
(iii) (Repealed 65 of 1984 s. 13)
(iv) of any offence under the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (Cap. 201). (Replaced 44 of 1981 s. 7)