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(ii) one shall be nominated by the Federation of Hong Kong Industries, and
(ii) one shall be nominated by the Chinese Manufacturers" Association,
each such person being nominated from among the members of the general committee or similar body of the association Dominating him; and
(4) four members appointed by name by the Governor.
(2) Where, for any period, any of the members of the Council specified in sub-paragraphs (1) to (v) (inclusive) of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) or nominated or appointed under the proviso to para- graph (b) or under paragraph (c) or (d) of that subsection is, by reason of absence from Hong Kong or illness, unable to exercise the powers or perform the duties of his office as a member of the Council, chen- (a) in the case of a member specified as aforesaid, that member may appoint such person as the Council approves to be a temporary member of the Council in bis place during such period;
(b) in the case of a member nominated under paragraph (c) of subsection (1), the association which nominated him may nominate such other person as the Council approves to be a temporary member of the Council in place of that member during such period:
(c) in the case of a member appointed under the proviso to para- graph (6) or under paragraph (d) of that subsection, the Governor may appoint another person to be a temporary nem- ber of the Council in place of that member during such period. (3) Without prejudice to section 20 of the Interpretation Ordin-
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(a) the term of office of the Chairman shall be such period as the Governor in his discretion shall on the appointment of the Chairman fix, and the Chairman may from time to time be re-appointed:
(6) the term of office, as members of the Council, of the members nominated pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection (1) shall be one year from the date of nomination unless, in respect of any such member, he earlier ceases to be a member of the general committee or similar body of the association which nominated him, in which case he shall also cease to be a member of the Council, and any such member may from time to time be re-nominated in accordance with the said para- graph (c):
(c) the term of office, as members of the Council, of the members appointed pursuant to paragraph (d) of subsection (1) shall be two years, or such lesser period as in any particular case the Governor may on appointment fix, and any such member may from time to time be re-appointed.
(4) The Chairman and any member of the Council appointed under the proviso to paragraph (b) of subsection (1) or nominated under paragraph (c) of subsection (1) or appointed under paragraph (d) of subsection (3) may at any time by notice in writing to the Governor resign from the Council.
(5) Where the Chairman or any member of the Council referred to in subsection (4) resigns from the Council or dies, the vacancy thereby created shall be filled by appointment or nomination, as the case may require, and the provisions of subsection (3) as to terms of office shall apply in relation to the member filling such vacancy.
(6) If the Chairman is absent from Hong Kong or is, for any other reason unable to act as Chairman, the Governor may, in his absolute discretion, appoint a person (whether or not such person is already a member of the Council) to act as Chairman of the Council during the absence or incapacity of the Chairman.
12. The Council may, from amongst the members of the Council Vice- appointed under paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section 11, appoint chairman, a vice-chairman of the Council, and the vice-chairman shall, unless some lesser period is fixed by the Council, hold office as such votil his term of office as a member of the Council expires or he earlier ceases to be a member of the Council.
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13. (1) The Chairman or, in his absence from any meeting, the Chairmun at vice-chairman appointed under section 12 or, in the absence from any meeting, and meeting of both the Chairman and the vice-chairman, the person on valing. appointed under subsection (2) shall preside at every meeting of the Council but the person presiding at a meeting shall not vote thereat except in the case of an equality of votes when he shall have a casting vote.
(2) In the absence from any meeting of the Council of both the Chairman and the vice-chairman, the members present at the meeting shall, before any other business is transacted at that meeting, appoint a person from among the members present to preside thereat.
14. (1) Meetings of the Council shall be held at such times and Meetings of places as the Chairman may from time to time appoint.
(2) The Chairman shall, if requested by notice in writing signed by not fewer than four members of the Council, convene a meeting of the Council within fourteen days of that notice.
the Council.