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4.

Candidates for the

Chief Executive shall be

nominated jointly by no less than 100 members of the

Election Committee.

member may nominate only one

candidate.

Each

5.

The Election Committee shall elect the Chief

Executive (Designate) by secret ballot from the nomination

list and on a one-member-one-vote basis. Specific methods

of the election shall be prescribed by the electoral law.

The Election Committee shall be dissolved upon the appoint ment of the Chief Executive by the CPG.

6.

The second and the third Chief Executives shall be

selected in accordance with the method described above.

7.

During the term of the third Chief Executive, the Legislative Council shall formulate the specific method to decide, by holding a referendum among the electorate of the

Hong Kong SAR, whether the Chief Executive shall be elected

by universal suffrage after nominations have been made by a

broadly representative nomination committee through

democratic procedures. The result of the referendum shall

be reported to the Standing Committee of the NPC for the

record.

8.

that the

suffrage,

If it is decided by the above-mentioned referendum

Chief Executive

su ch a decision

shall be elected by universal

shall be implemented from the

fourth term of the Chief Executive.

If the referendum

decides that no change shall be made, the referendum prescribed in (7) may be held again every 10 years.

9.

method for

Except otherwise provided for in (7) and (8) of

this Annex, an y other modifications to the

selecting the Chief Executive shall require the endorsement of a two-thirds majority of the members of the Legislative Council and the consent of the Chief Executive, and shall

reported to the Standing Committee of the NPC for the

be

record.