Hong Kong

Table of Contents:

• General Right to Vote
• Exclusion or Potential Exclusion Based on Disability
• Candidacy or Holding Office

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Article 26 states: 

Permanent residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall have the right to vote and the right to stand for election in accordance with law.

 

Excerpt from the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (1997) 

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Article 52 states:

The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region must resign under any of the following circumstances:

• (1) When he or she loses the ability to discharge his or her duties as a result of serious illness or other reasons…

 

Article 79 states: 

The President of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall declare that a member of the Council is no longer qualified for the office under any of the following circumstances:

• (1) When he or she loses the ability to discharge his or her duties as a result of serious illness or other reasons...

 

Article 89 states:

A judge of a court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region may only be removed for inability to discharge his or her duties, or for misbehaviour, by the Chief Executive on the recommendation of a tribunal appointed by the Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal and consisting of not fewer than three local judges. The Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region may be investigated only for inability to discharge his or her duties, or for misbehaviour, by a tribunal appointed by the Chief Executive and consisting of not fewer than five local judges and may be removed by the Chief Executive on the recommendation of the tribunal and in accordance with the procedures prescribed in this Law.

 

Excerpts from the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (1997) 

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Article 52 states:

The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region must resign under any of the following circumstances:

• (1) When he or she loses the ability to discharge his or her duties as a result of serious illness or other reasons…

 

Article 79 states: 

The President of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall declare that a member of the Council is no longer qualified for the office under any of the following circumstances:

• (1) When he or she loses the ability to discharge his or her duties as a result of serious illness or other reasons...

 

Article 89 states:

A judge of a court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region may only be removed for inability to discharge his or her duties, or for misbehaviour, by the Chief Executive on the recommendation of a tribunal appointed by the Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal and consisting of not fewer than three local judges. The Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region may be investigated only for inability to discharge his or her duties, or for misbehaviour, by a tribunal appointed by the Chief Executive and consisting of not fewer than five local judges and may be removed by the Chief Executive on the recommendation of the tribunal and in accordance with the procedures prescribed in this Law.

 

Excerpts from the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (1997)