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Amendment of section 4.

Consequential amendments.

(Cap. 161, sub. leg.)

Ord. No. 3/88

"Chairman of the Council.

5.

MEDICAL REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT)

3A. (1) The Chairman of the Council shall-

(a) be elected by the members from amongst

themselves;

(b) subject to subsection (5), hold office for 3 years or until he ceases to hold office as a member, whichever is the earlier; and

(c) be eligible for re-election.

(2) If the office of Chairman becomes vacant due to effluxion of time, or as a result of resignation or otherwise, the Secretary shall convene a meeting of the Council within 3 months of the occurrence of such vacancy for the purpose of electing a Chairman.

(3) The Secretary shall preside at a meeting held under subsection (2) until the Chairman is elected and assumes office, but he shall not have an original or a casting vote.

(4) If the Chairman is unable to perform the functions. of his office for any period due to absence from Hong Kong or any other reason, the members of the Council shall at a meeting of the Council elect one of themselves to act in his place for the duration of that period and notwithstanding any provision in this Ordinance, the Secretary may, where neces- sary, convene a meeting for the purpose of such election.

(5) The Chairman may at any time resign his office by giving notice in writing to the Secretary.".

Section 4(1) of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "Director" and substituting the following-

"Chairman".

6. The Medical Practitioners (Registration and Disciplinary Proced- ure) Regulations are amended in regulations 9(1)(b) and (c), (4)(a) and (6) and 22(a) by deleting "Director" wherever it occurs and substituting the following-

"Chairman".

Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 20th day of January

1988.

LAW Kam-sang, 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.

LAW Kam-sang,

Clerk to the Legislative Council.