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and any such vacancy shall be filled at the next

following election ("the relevant election") to

be held to elect all the elected Members of the

Legislative Council in respect of the election

committee constituency or at an election held in

lieu thereof if such relevant election for the

election committee constituency concerned is

countermanded in accordance with regulations

made under section 7 of the Boundary and

Election Commission Ordinance ( of 1993).".

53.

Part heading amended

/

The heading of Part III is amended by adding VOTING SYSTEM"

after "FRANCHISE".

54.

Entitlement to vote

Section 12 (2) is amended by repealing "functional".

55. Section added

The following is added

"12A.

System of voting and counting

(1) At every contested election voting at a poll shall be

conducted by secret ballot.

(2) The votes shall be given and counted

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(a) in respect of the election committee

constituency, in accordance with the single

transferable vote system of election (being a

variety of proportional representation) which

system shall include the following features,

that is to say

SECRET