Legislative Council (Disciplinary Sanctions and Remote Sitting) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2021
Part 2
Ord. No. 27 of 2021
Section 7
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- (b) the Council is adjourned under the Rules of Procedure because a quorum is not present at that sitting; and
- (c) the President is not satisfied that there is a valid reason for the member's absence.
- (2) The member is liable to pay a financial penalty on each occasion that the Council is so adjourned.
- (3) The financial penalty is to be—
- (a) determined by the Council according to the Rules of Procedure; and
- (b) deducted from the member’s remuneration to which the member is entitled.
- (4) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), it does not matter whether the Council adjourned is subsequently resumed for continuation of any unfinished business under the Rules of Procedure.”.
7. Section 21 amended (journals printed by order of the Council to be admitted as evidence)
(1) Section 21, heading—
- Repeal
- “printed by order of the Council”.
(2) Section 21—
- Repeal
- everything after “of any”
- Substitute
- “member—
- (a) any copy of the journals—
