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Public Offices (Candidacy and Taking Up Offices) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2021 Part 6 Section 23 ::(c) the person fails, or is declared or decided in accordance with any law 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.
 * (1B) Subsection (1A)(c) applies to a declaration or decision made after the person holds office as such ex officio member, whether or not it is made before, on or after the date on which that subsection comes into operation.”.

(2) After section 19(6)—
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 * “(7) In this section—
 * 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.”.

23. Section 21 amended (when person is disqualified from being nominated as a candidate and from being elected as an elected member)

(1) After section 21(1)—
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 * “(1A) A person is also disqualified from being nominated as a candidate at an election, and from being elected as an elected member, if the election is held or is to be held within 5 years after—