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Public Offices (Candidacy and Taking Up Offices) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2021

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Part 6
Amendments to District Councils Ordinance (Cap. 547)

22. Section 19 amended (disqualification of ex officio members)

(1) After section 19(1)—

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“(1A) An ex officio member is also disqualified from holding office if—

(a) the term of office is to begin within 5 years after—

(i) the date on which the person vacates an office, or is disqualified from entering on an office, under the law, for declining or neglecting to take a specified oath; or

(ii) the date on which the person is declared or decided in accordance with any law—

(A) to be in breach of a specified oath; or

(B) to have failed to fulfil the legal requirements and conditions on upholding the Basic Law and bearing allegiance to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China;

(b) the person is in breach of an oath taken under section 19A of the Oaths and Declarations Ordinance (Cap. 11); or