Public Offices (Candidacy and Taking Up Offices) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2021
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The Public Offices (Candidacy and Taking Up Offices) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2021 (Chinese: 2021年公職(參選及任職)(雜項修訂)條例) is an ordinance to amend the Oaths and Declarations Ordinance (Cap. 11) and other relating legislation which adds new requirements for the Chief Executive, Executive Council members, Legislative Council members and judges and other judicial officers, imposes oath-taking requirements on District Council members, and specifies requirements for candidates to swear to uphold the Basic Law and bear allegiance to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region when assuming office or standing for election and also adds new grounds and mechanism for disqualification from holding the office or being nominated as a candidate.[1][2] The ordinance was seen as another round of the Beijing authorities to bar the opposition from standing in elections or holding public offices and also raised concerns on the bill's vague parameters of the oath with such over-reaching scope would undermine Hong Kong's judicial independence.[3]
Public Offices (Candidacy and Taking Up Offices) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2021 | |
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Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
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Citation | Ordinance 13 of 2021 |
Territorial extent | Hong Kong |
Enacted by | Legislative Council of Hong Kong |
Signed | 20 May 2021 (2021-05-20) |
Commenced | 21 May 2021 (2021-05-21) |
Legislative history | |
Bill title | Public Offices (Candidacy and Taking Up Offices) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2021 |
Introduced by | Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang |
Introduced | 26 February 2021 (2021-02-26) |
First reading | 17 March 2021 (2021-03-17) |
Second reading | 12 May 2021 (2021-05-12) |
Third reading | 12 May 2021 (2021-05-12) |
Amends | |
Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance Oaths and Declarations Ordinance Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Ordinance Legislative Council Ordinance District Councils Ordinance Chief Executive Election Ordinance National Anthem Ordinance High Court Ordinance Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance | |
Status: In force |