Appoint- ment and tenure of office of appointed members.
any extraordinary election held in lieu of such annual election if such annual election has been countermanded whether such elected member would otherwise have retired on the 31st day of March in that year or not, and in any case such vacancy shall remain unfilled until it shall have been filled by such annual election or extraordinary election.
(2) On the expiry of his term of office an elected member shall cease to hold office and shall be replaced by a newly elected member who shall come into office on such expiry.
(3) The members of the Council who were elected in 1954 shall continue in office until 31st March, 1956, when they shall cease to hold office and shall be replaced by the two persons elected at the annual election to be held in March, 1956.
(4) The members of the Council who were elected in 1955 shall continue in office until 31st March, 1957, and they shall cease to hold office and shall be replaced by the two persons elected at the annual election to be held in March, 1957.
(s) Nothing in subsection (2), (3) or (4) of this section shali be construed to prevent any member of the Council from being nominated for election or being elected.
5. (1) An appointed member shall be appointed by the Governor by a notification in the Gazette.
(2) Each appointed member shall bold office for two years from the 1st day of April next following the notification in the Gazette of his appointment or reappointment:
Provided that if notification of a vacancy for an appointed member is published in accordance with section 14 the Governor shall appoint a member who shall hold office from the date of the Gazette in which the notification of his appointment is published until the date when the appointed member whom he succeeded would otherwise have ceased to hold office.
(3) The members of the Council who were appointed in 1954 shall continue in office until 31st March, 1956, when they shall cease to hold office.
(4) The members of the Council who were appointed in 1955 shall continue in office until 31st March, 1957, when they shall rease to hold office.
(5) Nothing in subsections (3) and (4) of this section shall be construed to prevent any of the present members of the Council referred to in those subsections from being reappointed.
PART 111.
General Provisions as to Ordinary Members of the Council,
6. A person shall be disqualified for being elected or being Disquali- nominated for election or being appointed or holding office as fcation an ordinary member if he-
from member- ship of the
(a) holds any office of emolument under the Crown other Council.
than as a member of the Defence Force and Auxiliary Services or Hong Kong Police Reserve 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 any part of Her Majesty's Dominions or in any territory under Her Majesty's Protectorate or in any territory in which Her Majesty has from time to time jurisdiction been sentenced by one of Her Majesty's Courts to death or imprisonment (by whatever name called) for a term exceeding twelve 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 for being elected or being nominated for election or being appointed or holding office as an ordinary member under any enactment relating to corrupt and illegal practices;
(e) is a member of Parliament, assembly or council whether central or local of a foreign government or a salaried functionary of such government;