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(2) At least one of the members of the Commission appointed under subsection (IXC) shall be a person qualified in law.
(3) Subject to this section, a member of the Commission appointed under subsection (1)(c) shall hold office for a period of 2 years from the date of his appointment,
(4) At the expiry of his period of appointment, every retiring member of the Commission shall, subject to this section, be eligible for reappointment.
(5) Any member of the Commission appointed under subsection (1Xc) may at any time resign by giving notice in writing to the chairman of the Commission.
(6) Where any such member of the Commission resigns or the office of any such member otherwise becomes vacant before the expiry of the period of his appointment, the Governor may appoint another person to hold office until the expiry of the period for which such member was originally appointed.
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(7) If any such member of the Commissi00–
(a) has been absent from the meetings of the Com- mission without its permission for a period longer than 3 months;
(0) becomes bankrupt or makes an arrangement with
his creditors;
(c) becomes incapacitated by physical or mental illness; (D) is found guilty, whether in Hong Kong or else. where, of any offence involving fraud or dishonesty or is sentenced to a term of imprisonment for any offence (whether or not involving fraud or dis- bonestyk
(e) ceases to be ordinarily resident in Hong Kong; or () is otherwise unable or unfit to discharge the func~
tions of a member of the Commission,
the Governor may by notice in writing declare his office sa a member of the Commission to be vacant.
(8) The powers of the Commission shall not be affected by any vacancy in its membership.".
Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 22nd day of December. 1976.
NU. DU De
I assent
ML., M.
Governor.
23rd December, 1976.
An Ordinance to approve a supplementary appropriation to the service
of the flouncial year which" ended on 31st March 1976.
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 Legislariile Council,