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Public Offices (Candidacy and Taking Up Offices) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2021 Part 5 Section 20 20. Section 65 amended (period within which election petition and appeal must be lodged)

After section 65(2)—
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 * “(3) In subsection (2)—
 * working day (工作日) means any day other than—
 * (a) a general holiday;
 * (b) a black rainstorm warning day as defined by section 71(2) of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1); or
 * (c) a gale warning day as defined by that section.”.

21. Section 73 amended (proceedings against persons on grounds of disqualification)

(1) Section 73(2), after “brought”—
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 * “by an elector”.

(2) After section 73(2)—
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 * “(2A) Immediately after proceedings are brought by the Secretary for Justice under this section against a person on the ground that the person is disqualified from acting as a Member—
 * (a) for breach of an oath taken under section 19 of the Oaths and Declarations Ordinance (Cap. 11); or