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Electoral Provisions (Amendment) Bill 1988

CHIEF SECRETARY:

Committee Stage Amendments

Sir,

move that lauses

lauses 2 and 3 be amended as set out

in the paper circulated to Members.

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(a) Clause 2 is redrafted to amend section 21(2) of the principal Ordinance to make it clear beyond

doubt that

(i) an elector shall not be qualified to stand

a candidate for more than one

constituency in any one election, and

(ii)

as

subject to certain provisos set out in subsections (4) and (5) of the redrafted

section 21(2), an elector

elector shall not be qualified to be elected for more than one

constituency,

Legislative Council

Members of the Lego Ad Hoc Group were concerned that as presently worded section 21(2) of the Ordinance did not give legal sanction for Urban Councillors to stand for the District Board elections. But legal advisers have made it quite

clear that the intention behind the present wording of section 21(2) clearly permits members

to do so.

Nevertheless, the Administration accepts that the law could be clarified to put the point beyond all doubt.

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