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Article 77

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Members

of the

Legislative Council of the Hong

Kong SAR shall

shall not be subject to arrest when attending or on their way to a meeting of the Legislative Council.

Article 78

shall

The President of the Legislative Council declare that a member of the Council is no longer qualified

to serve under any of the following circumstances:

(1) When he/she los es the ability to discharge

functions of his/her office due to

serious illness or other reasons;

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

the

When he/she is absent from meeting for three

consecutive months without the consent of the

President of the Legislative Council and with

no reasonable explanation;

When he/she loses or renounces his/her status

as a permanent resident of the Hong Kong SAR;

When he/she accepts appointment by the

government as public servant;

When he/she is bankrupt or fails to pay debts

in defiance of a court ruling;

convicted and

one month or

sentenced to

more for a

When he/she is

imprisonment for

criminal offence comitted within or out side

the Hong Kong SAR and is relieved of his/her

duties by a motion passed by two-thirds of

members of the Legislative Council

the

present;

When he/she is censured for misbehavior or

breach of oath by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the Legislative Council present.