Hong Kong Ordinances

DISTRICT COUNCILS ORDINANCE - SECT 9

District Councils to consist of elected members, appointed members and ex officio members

PART III

COMPOSITION OF A DISTRICT COUNCIL

(1) A District Council is to consist of-

   (a)  elected members; and

   (b)  appointed members; and

   (c)  if it is a District Council established for a District in which there
        is one or more Rural Committees, subject to subsection (2) and
        sections 17, 18 and 19, as ex officio members, the Chairman of each
        such Rural Committee while holding office as the Chairman.

(2) If a Rural Committee specified in column 5 of Part II of Schedule 3 is a
Rural Committee that falls within more than one District, for the purposes of
subsection (1)(c), it is taken to be in the District specified opposite to it
in column 2 of that Part.

(3) The Chairman of each Rural Committee specified in column 5 of Part II of
Schedule 3 is eligible under subsection (1)(c) to become ex  officio member of
the District Council specified opposite to it in column 3 of that Part.

(4) Subsections (2) and (3) and Part II of Schedule 3 are without prejudice to
any other law governing Rural Committees.