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(c) is disqualified from being appointed or holding office as an appointed

member under any enactment;

(d) is a member of any parliament, assembly or council, whether central or local, of any place outside Hong Kong or a salaried functionary of a government of such place; (Amended 41 of 1985 s. 6)

(e) is an undischarged bankrupt or, within the previous 5 years, has either obtained his discharge in bankruptcy or has entered into a composi- tion with his creditors, in either case without paying his creditors in full;

(ea) is the subject of a decision under the Mental Health Ordinance (Cap. 136) that he is of unsound mind and incapable of managing himself and his affairs, but a person disqualified under this paragraph shall be eligible to be again appointed as a member if under that Ordinance it is subsequently found that his unsoundness of mind has ceased; (Added 41 of 1985 s. 6. Amended 13 of 1988 s. 3)

(f) has, where the appointment is to be made or is made within 10 years

from the date of conviction, been convicted-

(i) of any offence in Hong Kong or in any other territory or country and sentenced to imprisonment, whether suspended or not, for a term exceeding 3 months without the option of a fine;

(ii) of a corrupt practice or illegal practice within the meaning of the Corrupt and Illegal Practices Ordinance (Cap. 288), other than the illegal practice consisting of a contravention of any of the provisions of section 19(2) of that Ordinance, or of a corrupt or illegal practice within the meaning of any other enactment for the time being in force providing for the punishment of corrupt or illegal practices;

(iii) (Repealed 65 of 1984 s. 6)

(iv) of any offence under the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (Cap. 201).

Disqualification of Chairman of Rural Committee

9A. (1) The holder of the office for the time being of Chairman of a Rural Committee referred to in section 6(1)(b) who~

(a) has in Hong Kong or any other territory or country been sentenced to imprisonment, whether suspended or not, for a term exceeding 3 months without option of fine;

(b) has been convicted of treason;

(c) is a member of any parliament, assembly or council whether central or local, of any place outside Hong Kong or a salaried functionary of a government of such place;

(d) is an undischarged bankrupt or, within the previous 5 years, has either obtained his discharge in bankruptcy or has entered into a composi- tion with his creditors, in either case without paying his creditors in full;

(da) is the subject of a decision under the Mental Health Ordinance (Cap. 136) that he is of unsound mind and incapable of managing himself and his affairs; (Added 41 of 1985 s. 7)