Hong Kong Ordinances

HONG KONG COUNCIL ON SMOKING AND HEALTH ORDINANCE - SECT 7

Proceedings of Council

(1) At a meeting of the Council 8 members shall form a quorum.

(2) At a meeting of the Council the Chairman shall preside or if he is absent
the Vice-Chairman; if both the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman are absent the
members present shall appoint one of their number to preside.

(3) All questions for determination at a meeting of the Council shall be
decided by a majority of votes of the members present and voting thereon and
where there is an equality of votes the member presiding shall have a casting
vote in addition to his original vote.

(4) If a member of the Council, or of any committee of the Council, has a
direct or indirect commercial interest in any matter under discussion at a
meeting of the Council or of the committee, being an interest greater than
that which he has as a member of the general public, the following provisions
shall apply-

   (a)  he shall disclose the nature of his interest at the meeting;

   (b)  the disclosure shall be recorded in the minutes;

   (c)  where the disclosure is made by the member presiding, he shall vacate
        the chair during the discussion and the members present shall appoint
        one of their number to preside;

   (d)  the member, including one who has vacated the chair under paragraph
        (c), shall, if so required by the member presiding, withdraw from the
        meeting during the discussion and shall not in any case, except as
        otherwise determined by the member presiding, vote on any resolution
        concerning the matter or be counted for the purpose of establishing
        the existence of a quorum.

(5) Subject to this Ordinance, arrangements relating to meetings of the
Council, and the procedure at and the conduct of its meetings, shall be such
as the Council may determine. (Enacted 1987)