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shall hold office as provided in paragraph (a) of sub- section (1) and the remaining one, notwithstanding that paragraph, shall hold office until the 31st day of March 1975.
(b) The member who shall hold office until the 31st day of
March 1975 shall be ascertained as follows-
() where a contested election has been held for the election of the seven members (whether such election is the ordinary election referred to in paragraph (a) or, in the event of the countermanding of that election, any extraordinary election held in substitution therefor), then, except where sub-paragraph (ii) is applicable in the event of the election being declared void so far as it relates to two or more candidates, the person elected by the smallest number of votes shall be deemed to be elected to hold office until the 31st day of March 1975, but in the case of an equality of votes between the persons who arc elected by the smallest number of votes, then, as between such persons, the person who shall hold office until the 31st day of March 1975 shall be deter- mined by the returning officer by lot;
(U) if the number of persons standing nominated for election at the ordinary election or, in the event of the countermanding of that election, at any extraordinary election held in substitution therefor is seven and accord- ingly, such persons are, pursuant to sub-paragraph (e) of C 101 paragraph (2) of regulation 11 of the Urban Council Elections (Procedure) Regulations, declared duly elected, the member who shall hold office until the 31st day of March 1975 shall be determined by the returning officer by lot:
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(iii) if the number of persons standing nominated for election at the ordinary election or, in the event of the countermanding of that election, at any extraordinary election held in substitution therefor is less than seven and, accordingly, such persons are, pursuant as afore- said, declared duly elected, or if, at such election (being a contested clection), the returning officer, pursuant to regulation 54 of the Urban Council Elections (Procedure) Regulations, declares the election void so far as it relates to two or more candidates, the person who shall hold office until the 31st day of March 1975 shall be the person elected, or, if more than one person is elected, then the person elected by the smallest number of votes. at the extraordinary election held to fill the vacancy or
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vacancies remaining unfilled or, if there is more than one extraordinary election held to fill a vacancy or Vacancies owing to an insufficiency of candidates stand- ing nominated for election at the previous extraordinary election or owing to such previous election being declared void under the aforesaid regulation 54 so far as it relates to two or more candidates, at the last such extraordin- ary election to be held; but if there is more than one vacancy to be filled and the extraordinary election held to fill the vacancies is not contested or, if contested, there is an equality of votes between the persons elected by the smallest number of votes thereat, then as between all persons elected thereat, if the clection was not con- tested, or as between those persons elected by the smallest number of votes as aforesaid, the member who shall hold office until the 31st day of March 1975, shall be determined by the returning officer by lot.
(c) In ascertaining the member who shall hold office until the 31st day of March 1975, tendered ballot papers (within the meaning of regulation 38 of the Urban Council Elections (Procedure) Regulations) shall not be counted except in the case of an equality of votes between persons who are elected by the smallest number of votes.".
Section 5 of the principal Ordinance is amended in sub- section (2) by deleting "shall hold office for four years" and sub- stituting the following-
"shall be appointed for such term, not exceeding four years, as the Governor may determine and shall hold office".
Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 17th day of January, 1973.
Clerk to the Legislative Council.
This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the bill, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said bill
Clerk to the Legislative Council.
Amendment of gection 5.