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A.D. 1886.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH SEPTEMBER, 1886.

Election of president of General Council.

Revision of constitution of General Council.

tive, issue his precept to the branch council for that part of the United Kingdom in which such representative was elected, requiring the said branch council to cause a representative to be elected by the registered medical practitioners resident in that part of the United Kingdom within twenty-one days after the receipt of the precept of the returning officer.

(4.) The election shall be conducted in such manner as may be provided by regu lations to be made by the Privy Council, provided as follows:-

(a.) The nomination shall be in writing, and the nomination paper of each can« didate shall be signed by not fewer than twelve registered medical practitioners; and

(b.) The election shall be conducted by voting papers, and it shall be the duty of

the branch council in any part of the United Kingdom in which an election is to be held, to cause a voting paper to be forwarded by post to each registered" medical practitioner resident in that part at his registered address, but the election shall not be rendered void by reason of the omission of the branch council to cause such voting paper to be forwarded in any particular case of cases, and any registered medical practitioner to whom a voting paper has not been sent in pursuance of this Act may on application to the registrar of the said branch council obtain one from him; and

(c.) Any registered medical practitioner entitled to vote at such election may vote'

for as many candidates as there are representatives to be elected.

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(5.) Each branch council shall certify to the returning officer the person or persons elected by the registered medical practitioners resident in the part of the United Kingdom to which such branch council belongs.

(6.) A direct representative elected in place of any such representative retiring on the expiration of the period for which he was elected shall come into office at the expi- ration of that period, and a direct representative elected to fill a vacancy caused by the death or resignation of any such representative shall come into office on the day on which he is certified by the branch council to the returning officer to have been elected. (7.) The expenses attending the election of a direct representative shall be defrayed as part of the expenses of the branch council for that part of the United Kingdom in which such representative is elected.

(8.) For the purpose of the first election of direct representatives the returning officer shall, in the course of such period of seven days (ending not later than the fifteenth day of November next succeeding the passing of this Act) as the Privy Council may appoint, issue his precept to the branch council in each part of the United Kingdom, requiring such branch council to cause the proper number of representatives to be elected in the part of the United Kingdom to which such branch council belongs, within twenty-one days after the receipt of the said precept; and the said representatives shall ́ ́ ́ come into office on the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and eighty-

seven.

9. The General Council from time to time, on the occurrence of a vacancy in the office of president of the General Council, shall elect one of their number to be president for a term not exceeding five years, and not extending beyond the expiration of the term for which he has been made a member of the said Council, but nothing in this Act shall affect the duration of the term of office of the person who at the time of the passing of this Act is president of the General Council.

10.-(1.) The General Council may at any time represent to the Privy Council all or any of the following matters :-

(a.) That it is expedient to confer on any university or other body in the United Kingdom capable of granting a medical diploma, not being one of the consti- tuent bodies for the time being of the General Council, and being, in the opinion of the General Council, of sufficient importance to be worthy of such a privilege, the power of returning a member to the General Council, either separately or collectively with any other body or bodies in the same part of the United Kingdom capable of granting a medical diplona:

(b.) That it is expedient to confer on any constituent body for the time being. returning a member to the General Council collectively with any other body or bodies, and being, in the opinion of the General Council, of sufficient im- portance to be worthy of such a privilege, the power of returning a member to such council separately:

(c.) That it is expedient to confer on the registered medical practitioners resident in any part of the United Kingdom the power of returning an additional member to the General Council :

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