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Legislative Council (Disciplinary Sanctions and Remote Sitting) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2021

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5. Part IV heading amended (offences and penalties)

Part IV, heading—

Repeal

“Penalties”

Substitute

“Disciplinary Sanctions”.

6. Sections 20A and 20B added

Part IV, after section 20—

Add

“20A. Members not entitled to remuneration and allowance during suspension

(1) This section applies to a member who is suspended under the Rules of Procedure from the service of the Council for engaging in grossly disorderly conduct.

(2) The member is not entitled to receive any remuneration or allowance to which the member is, apart from this section, entitled in respect of the period of suspension, but the member is entitled to be reimbursed the operating expenses incurred by the member in respect of that period.

20B. Members liable to financial penalty if absence causes adjournment of Council

(1) This section applies in relation to a member if—

(a) the member is absent from a sitting of the Council;