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The Director of Home Affairs will declare by notice in the Gazette tomorrow (June 16) the existence of vacancies in the North District Council and Fanling District Rural Committee.
The respective offices held by Mr Li Kwok-fung were the posts of ex officio member of the North District Council and an elected Indigenous Inhabitant Representative of Ko Po, Fanling District Rural Committee.
In accordance with section 18 of the District Councils Ordinance (Cap. 547) and section 11(1)(b) of the Village Representative Election Ordinance (Cap 576), both offices became vacant on May 25, 2006.
Under the relevant provision of the District Councils Ordinance, a person who is a chairman of a Rural Committee is disqualified from holding office as an ex officio member if the person is convicted of an offence in Hong Kong or any other place in respect of which the person has been sentenced to imprisonment, whether suspended or not, for a term exceeding three months without the option of a fine.
The Village Representative Election Ordinance also stipulates that a person elected as a Village Representative is disqualified from holding office if the person, after being elected, is convicted in Hong Kong or any other place, of an offence for which the person has been sentenced to imprisonment for a term exceeding three months.
Ends/Thursday, June 15, 2006
Issued at HKT 15:30
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