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The Attorney
660
General pointed out that
under Article 79 (7) of the Basic Law, a
legislator could be removed from office for
misbehaviour or breach of oath by a vote of
two-thirds of the membership of the Legislative
Council present.
In considering the wording of
the oath he said a balance should be sought
address Chinese
ideas on
producing an oath which
LegCo members without
between the need to
objective criteria and
would be acceptable to
leaving too much as a hostage to fortune.
Legislators might otherwise find themselves
removed from office in 1997 under Article 79(7).
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