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Enclosure No. 4

C187

ELECTIONS (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) BILL

A BILL

To

Amend the law relating to District Boards and to elections to District Boards, the Legislative Council and the Urban Council and to make provision for elections to the Regional Council and for matters connected therewith.

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.

PART I

PRELIMINARY

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Elections (Miscellaneous Amendments) Short title and Ordinance 1985 and shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the commencement. Governor by notice in the Gazette.

2.

PART II

AMENDMENTS TO THE DISTRICT BOARDS ORDINANCE

Section 2 of the District Boards Ordinance ("the first principal Ordinance") Amendment of

is amended-

(a) by deleting the definition of "by-election”;

section 2.

(Cap. 366.)

(b) in the definition of "Designated Officer❞—

(i) in paragraph (a) by deleting "New Territories District or District Board" and substituting the following-

"District or District Board in the Regional Council area”; and

(ii) in paragraph (b) by deleting "urban areas District or District Board" and substituting the following-

"District or District Board in the Urban Council area";

(c) by deleting the definitions of "New Territories District" and "New Territor-

ies District Board";

(d) by inserting after the definition of “ordinary election" the following

definitions-

"Regional Council area" means the area so declared under section

3A(1)(b);

"Urban Council area" means the area so declared under section

3A(1)(a)."; and

(e) by deleting the definitions of "urban areas District" and "urban area

District Board".

3. The first principal Ordinance is amended by adding after section 3 the Addition of following-

"Declaration of Urban Council area and Regional Council area.

3A. (1) The Governor in Council may, by order published in the Gazette, by reference to Districts delcare any area in Hong Kong to be-

(a) the Urban Council area; or

(b) the Regional Council area.

(2) Where the Governor in Council makes an order amending or revoking an order made under subsection (1) such first mentioned order may make such transitional provisions relating to such amend- ment or revocation as may be necessary or expedient.".

section 3A.