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CAP. 385]

Regional Council

[1986 Ed.

Tenure of office

of elected members.

(Cap. 367.)

(b) 9 representative members elected in accordance with section 8;

(c) 12 members appointed under section 9; and

(d) the Chairman and 2 Vice-Chairmen of the Heung Yee Kuk who shall be ex officio members.

7. The elected members shall be elected in accordance with the provisions of the Electoral Provisions Ordinance and shall, subject to this Ordinance, hold office-

(a) in the case of a member elected at an ordinary election for the Regional Council, for 3 years from 1 April next following the notification in the Gazette of his election; in the case of a member elected to fill a vacancy caused by an elected member ceasing to be a member in accordance with section 20, from the date of the notification in the Gazette of his election until the date when the period of office of the elected member whom he succeeded would otherwise have expired.

Election and tenure of

8. representative members.

First Schedule.

(1) For the purposes of section 6(b)—

(a) each District Board in the Regional Council area shall at a meeting of that District Board elect 1 of its members to be a representative member of the Regional Council in accordance with the voting procedure specified in the First Schedule and, subject to this subsection, according to such procedure as the District Board may determine by its Standing orders;

(b) in any such election, a District Board in the Regional Council area shall not elect more than 1 of its members to be a representative member of the Regional Council;

(c) a person who is an appointed, an elected or an ex officio member of the Regional Council shall not be qualified for election as a representative member of the Regional Council;

(d) such elections shall be held not earlier than 1 April or later than 30 April of the year next following ordinary elections held for District Boards; and

(e) the chairman of a District Board which has held an election under paragraph (a) shall as soon as practicable give notice in writing to the Governor of the result of that election.

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(2) Notice of the election of any person under this section shall be published in the Gazette.

(3) Where under section 20 the office of a representative member is declared to be vacant, an election to fill the vacancy shall be held by the District Board which elected the member not earlier than 1 month or later than 2 months from the date of publication of the declaration.

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