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2.

The delineation of constituencies and the voting

procedures etc for the above district elections as well as

the delineation of the various constituencies and their

constituent statutory bodies, the allocation of seats and

election methods shall be prescribed by an electoral law of

the Hong Kong SAR.

3.

Each voter shall have only one vote.

The first Legislative Council shall be formed in

accordance with the "NPC Resolution on the Method for the

Formation of the First Government and the First Legislative

Council of the Hong Kong SAR".

The first to the fourth terms of the Legislative

Council shall be constituted in accordance with the

provisions in this Annex. During the fourth term of the

Legislative Council, the Council shall formulate the

specific method to decide, by holding a referendum among the electorate of the Hong Kong SAR, whether members of the

Legislative Council shall all be returned by universal

suffrage. The result of the referendum shall be reported

to the Standing Committee of the NPC for the record.

The above referendum shall be held only after

obtaining the endorsement of the majority of the members of

the Legislative Council, the consent of the Chief Executive

and the approval of the Standing Committee of the NPC. The

result of the referendum shall be valid and can be

implemented only

only with

with the endorsement of 30 per cent or

more of the eligible voters.

4.

that

If it is decided by the above-mentioned referendum

Пembers of the Legislative Council shall all be

elected by universal suffrage, such а decision shall be

implemented from the fifth term of the Legislative

Council. If the referendum decides that no change shall be made, the referendum prescribed in (3) above may

may be held again every 10 years.

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