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Item	Subsector	Constituents
		(4) Non-profit making companies registered under the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) that have been operating with paid employees to provide service on a regular basis in accordance with the following aims for a period of 12 months immediately before making the application for registration as a voter— (a) to promote the co-ordination and improvement of social service activities; (b) to develop resources, such as manpower, funds and data, for social service activities; or (c) to promote public understanding of social service needs and the role of the voluntary agencies in meeting those needs, and which publish their annual reports and audited accounts or certified accounts with regard to annual income and expenditure.

3. Resignation of member of Election Committee

(1) If—

(a) on 14 July 2000, a person was a member of the Election Committee constituted on that date under the Legislative Council Ordinance (Cap. 542) (other than an ex-officio member of the Committee within the meaning of that Ordinance in force on that date); and

(b) after that date, the Electoral Registration Officer, by adding the person’s name to the final register of members of the Election Committee, registered the person as an ex-officio member of the Committee under section 1(10) of Schedule 2 to that Ordinance in force immediately before the commencement of section 73 of this Ordinance,

the person is deemed to have resigned, on the commencement of this section, from the membership referred to in paragraph (a).

(2) If—

(a) a person is a member of the Election Committee (other than an ex-officio member); and

(b) the Electoral Registration Officer, by adding the person’s name to the final register of members of the Election Committee, registers the person as an ex-officio member of the Committee under section 41(3),

the person is deemed to have resigned, on the date of the publication under section 41(4) of a notice to the effect that the person’s name has been so added, from the membership referred to in paragraph (a).

(3) A member of the Election Committee (other than an ex-officio member) may resign from the membership by giving written notice of resignation to the Electoral Registration Officer.

(4) A notice of resignation is not effective unless it is signed by the member concerned.

(5) A notice of resignation takes effect—

(a) on the date on which the notice is received by the Electoral Registration Officer; or

(b) if a later date is specified in the notice, on that later date.