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PART IV

Miscellaneous.

Incorporation of Chairman and Vice-Chairmen

12. The Chairman and Vice-Chairmen for the time being of the Kuk shall be a body corporate which shall be known as the Heung Yee Kuk Incorporated and which-

(a) may sue and be sued; and

(b) may enter into contracts, and acquire and hold property in trust for the purposes of this Ordinance.

Use of words Heung Yee Kuk.

13. (1) The words Heung Yee Kuk) shall be used solely by, and in connexion with, the Kuk established under this Ordinance.

(2) Any person other than the Chairman, Vice-Chair- men, Councillors, Members or Officers of the Kuk who uses any term or conducts himself in any manner which is calculated to give the impression that he is an Officer, Member or Councillor of the Kuk, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of two thousand dollars.

Amendment of Schedule.

14. (1) The provisions contained in the First and Second Schedules may be amended by resolution of two-thirds of the members of the Full Council. Such resolution shall require the prior approval of two-thirds of the members of the Executive Committee.

(2) Any such amendment shall be subject to the approval of the Governor.

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FIRST SCHEDULE.

[ss. 5(1) & 7(2).] Rules for conduct of elections.

General provisions.

1. The following provisions shall apply to all elections-

(a) Every person entitled to vote shall have one vote for each vacancy. In the case of elections for Special Councillors, Councillors may vote only for vacancies in their own district of Tai Po, Yuen Long or Southern District as the case may be, and in this Schedule the term "district" shall be read and construed as referring only to such places.

(b) Voting shall be by secret ballot.

(c) The candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected unless the Re- turning Officer declares the election invalid under section 7 of the Ordinance.

Nominations for Special Councillors.

2. (1) Nominations for Special Councillors for any district shall be sent to the Returning Officer before such date as may be announced by him, and shall be proposed and seconded by Ex Officio Councillors of that district and countersigned by the candidate signify- ing his willingness to serve as a Special Councillor.

(2) The Returning Officer shall send a list of the names of persons nominated as Special Councillors for each district to all Rural Committees in that district. Elections of Special Councillors.

3. The election of Special Councillors shall take place at a meeting of Ex Officio Councillors for each district, which meeting shall be called by the Returning Officer not less than twenty-one days after the date

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