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CAP. 1097]

Heung Yee Kuk

{1988 Ed.

Amendment of Schedules

14. (1) The provisions contained in the First and Second Schedules may be amended by resolution of two-thirds of the members of the Full Council. Such resolution shall require the prior approval of two-thirds of the members of the Executive Committee.

(2) Any such amendment shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary for District Administration (Amended, 18 of 1988, s. 8)

Home Affairs

General provisions

FIRST SCHEDULE

RULES FOR CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS

[ss. 5(1) & 7(2)]

1. The following provisions shall apply to all elections-

(a) Every person entitled to vote shall have one vote for each vacancy. In the case of elections for Special Councillors, Councillors may vote only for vacancies in their own district of Tai Po, Yuen Long or Southern District as the case may be, and in this Schedule the term "district" shall be read and construed as referring only to such places.

(b) Voting shall be by secret ballot.

(c) The candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected unless the Returning Officer declares the election invalid under section 7 of the Ordinance.

Nominations for Special Councillors

2. (1) Nominations for Special Councillors for any district shall be sent to the Returning Officer before such date as may be announced by him, and shall be proposed and seconded by Ex Officio Councillors of that district and countersigned by the candidate signifying his willingness to serve as a Special Councillor.

(2) The Returning Officer shall send a list of the names of persons nominated as Special Councillors for each district to all Rural Committees in that district.

Elections of Special Councillors

3. The election of Special Councillors shall take place at a meeting of Ex Officio Councillors for each district, which meeting shall be called by the Returning Officer not less than 21 days after the date fixed by the Returning Officer under paragraph 2(1) nor less than 14 days after the dispatch by him of the list of candidates under paragraph 2(2):

Provided that in the event of the number of candidates in a district being equal to or less than the number of vacancies in that district, the Returning Officer may forthwith after the date fixed by him under paragraph 2(1) declare such candidates as duly elected, and no meeting of Ex Officio Councillors for that district need be called. (Amended, G.N.A. 60/61)

Elections of Ordinary Members of Executive Committee

4. All Special Councillors and Vice-Chairmen of Rural Committees are eligible for election as Ordinary Members of the Executive Committee so long as at least 2 weeks before the election date they declare to the Returning Officer their willingness to serve. The election for Ordinary Members of the Executive Committee shall take place at a meeting of the Full Council to be called by the Returning Officer not less than 14 days after the last of the elections for Special Councillors. (Amended, 18 of 1988, s. 9)

Elections of Chairman and Vice-Chairmen

5. (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any Ex Officio Member or Ordinary Member of the Executive Committee is eligible for election as Chairman or Vice-Chairman so long as before the election he declares to the Returning Officer his willingness to serve. (Replaced, 18 of 1988, s. 9)