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Public Offices (Candidacy and Taking Up Offices) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2021 Part 5 Section 19 :“(1A) A person is also disqualified from being nominated as a candidate at an election, and from being elected as a Member, if the election is held or is to be held within 5 years after—
 * (a) 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
 * (b) the date on which the person is declared or decided in accordance with any law—
 * (i) to be in breach of a specified oath; or
 * (ii) 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.”.

(2) Section 39(5), English text, definition of prescribed public officer, paragraph (f)—
 * Repeal
 * “bureau.”
 * Substitute
 * “bureau;”.

(3) Section 39(5)—
 * Add in alphabetical order
 * “specified oath (指明誓言) means an oath taken under the law that the oath-taker will uphold the Basic Law and bear allegiance to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.”.