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Amendment of section 11.
Amendment of section 12.
Amendment of section 13.
Amendment of section 14.
Amendment of section 15.
Amendment of section 19.
Consequential
amendments.
First Schedule.
Amendment of long title.
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(d) by inserting after subsection (1) the following-
(Cap. 136.)
8.
"(2) Nothing in subsection (1)(da) shall prevent the attendance, participation or voting at a meeting of a Board of a Chairman of a Rural Committee to whom subsection (1)(da) applied if under the Mental Health Ordinance it is subsequently found that his unsound- ness of mind has ceased.".
Section 11 of the first principal Ordinance is amended by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following—
"(2) If such notice is not delivered to the Designated Officer in accordance with subsection (1) the election or appointment of the said person shall thereupon be null and void.".
9.
Section 12 of the first principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "Chair- man" wherever it occurs and substituting the following—
"Chairman or Designated Officer".
10. Section 13 of the first principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "through the Chairman".
11. Section 14 of the first principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) by inserting after paragraph (d) the following-
“(da) fails to complete and deliver to the Designated Officer a notice of
acceptance of office in accordance with section 11;"; and
(b) by deleting "the Chairman" and substituting the following-
"his office as such member shall become vacant and the Chairman or, if no Chairman has been elected under section 15, the Designated Officer”.
12. Section 15 of the first principal Ordinance is amended- (a) in subsection (5) by inserting after "ordinary election" the following-
"for District Boards”; and
(b) by inserting after subsection (5) the following-
"(5A) At the meeting referred to in subsection (1) a District Officer shall preside and shall continue to preside until the Chairman assumes office but shall have neither a casting nor a deliberative vote.".
13. Section 19(1) of the first principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "as if the references therein to the Chairman were references to the Designated Officer".
14. The Orders and Notices set out in the second column of the First Schedule and the provisions set out in the third column of the First Schedule are amended in the manner and to the extent set out opposite thereto in the fourth column of the First Schedule.
Amendment of
section 2.
PART III
AMENDMENTS TO THE ELECTORAL PROVISIONS ORDINANCE
15. The long title to the Electoral Provisions Ordinance ("the second principal Ordinance") is amended by inserting after “Council” the following—
", of the Regional Council”.
16. Section 2 of the second principal Ordinance is amended
(a) in the definition of "constituency" by deleting "or 3(1)(b)” and substituting
the following-
(Cap. 367.)
“, (b) or (c)";
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(b) by deleting the definition of "Designated Officer" and substituting the
following definition-
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"Designated Officer" means in relation to, or to any matter arising
from, an election-
(a) to the Urban Council, the Secretary of the Urban Council;
(b) to the Regional Council, the Secretary of the Regional
Council;
(c) in a District in the Urban Council area, the Regional Secret-
ary (Hong Kong and Kowloon);
(d) in a District in the Regional Council area, the Regional
Secretary (New Territories);";
(c) by deleting the definition of "election" and substituting the following
definition-
""election" means an ordinary election or a by-election of persons to act
as members-
(a) of the Urban Council;
(b) of the Regional Council; or
(c) of a District Board;";
(d) in the definition of "member" by inserting after "Council" the following-
", of the Regional Council";
(e) in the definition of "ordinary election" by inserting after "Council" the
following-
", on the Regional Council";
() by inserting after the definition of "provisional register" the following
definition-
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(Cap. 366.) "Regional Council area" has the meaning assigned to it in the District
Boards Ordinance;";
(g) by deleting the full stop after the definition of "specified form" and
substituting a semicolon;
(h) by inserting after the definition of "specified form" the following defini-
tion-
(Cap. 366.)
““Urban Council area" has the meaning assigned to it in the District
Boards Ordinance.";
(i) by being renumbered as subsection (1); and
(j) by inserting after subsection (1) the following-
"(2) This Ordinance shall not apply to the election by the members of a District Board in the Regional Council area of a representative member to the Regional Council.
(3) In subsection (2) "representative member" has the meaning assigned to it in the Regional Council Ordinance 1985.”.
(39 of 1985.)
17. Section 3 of the second principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) in subsection (1) by deleting paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) and substituting the
following-
"(a) the Governor in Council may declare any area of a District in the Urban Council area to be a constituency for the purpose of the election of persons to act as members of the Urban Council;
(b) the Governor in Council may declare any area of a District in the Regional Council area to be a constituency for the purpose of the election of persons to act as members of the Regional Council;
Amendment of section 3.
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