Hong Kong Ordinances

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL COMMISSION ORDINANCE - SECT 7

Disclosure of members' interest

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

   (a)  the member 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, if so
        required by the majority of the other members present at the meeting,
        vacate the chair during the discussion;

   (d)  the member (including one who has vacated the chair under paragraph
        (c)) shall, if so required by the majority of the other members
        present at the meeting, withdraw from the meeting during the
        discussion and shall not in any case, except as otherwise determined
        by the majority of such members, vote on any resolution concerning the
        matter or be counted for the purpose of establishing the existence of
        a quorum. (Enacted 1994)