Legislative Council (Disciplinary Sanctions and Remote Sitting) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2021
Part 2
Ord. No. 27 of 2021
Section 8
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- (3) In relation to a remote sitting—
- (a) a reference to a sitting of the Council or a committee in this Ordinance is not to be construed as limited to a sitting at which members or other persons attending the sitting are present in the same place; and
- (b) this Ordinance (other than section 8(4)) is to apply to the remote sitting as if it were a physical sitting.
- (4) In this section—
- physical sitting (實體會議) means a sitting of the Council or a committee at which no member or other person attending the sitting attends or participates by virtual, digital or electronic means;
- specified period (指明期間) means a period—
- (a) during which the Council or a committee is precluded by an event or occurrence (including an occasion of emergency or public danger) from conducting a physical sitting; and
- (b) that is specified in a resolution passed at a physical sitting of the Council.”.
