### Securities and Futures Ordinance 《證券及期貨條例》

407. Savings, transitional, consequential and related provisions, etc.
(1) Part 1 of Schedule 10 provides for the savings, transitional and supplemental arrangements that apply on, or relate to, the commencement of this Ordinance or any part thereof.
(2) Part 2 of Schedule 10 provides for the consequential and supplemental amendments that apply on, or relate to, the commencement of this Ordinance or any part thereof, and the enactments specified in column 2 of that Part are amended in the manner set out in column 3 of that Part.
(3) Part 3 of Schedule 10 provides for the savings and transitional arrangements that apply on, or relate to, the commencement# of the Securities and Futures and Companies Legislation (Structured Products Amendment) Ordinance 2011 (8 of 2011). (Added 8 of 2011 s. 13)
(4) Part 4 of Schedule 10 provides for the savings and transitional arrangements that apply on, or relate to, the commencement of the Securities and Futures (Amendment) Ordinance 2012 (9 of 2012) or any part of that Ordinance. (Added 9 of 2012 s. 46)
(5) Part 5 of Schedule 10 provides for the savings and transitional arrangements that apply on, or relate to, the commencement@ of section 78 of Schedule 11 to the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622). (Added 28 of 2012 ss. 912 & 920)
(5A) Part 6 of Schedule 10 provides for the savings and transitional arrangements that apply on, or relate to, the commencement of Part 4 of the Securities and Futures (Amendment) Ordinance 2014 (6 of 2014) or any provision in Part 4 of that Ordinance. (Added 17 of 2021 s. 86)

Editorial Note:
# Commencement date: 13 May 2011.
@ Commencement date : 3 March 2014.

408. Provisions of Part XVII, etc. not to derogate from section 23 of Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance
Except as otherwise provided in this Part or Schedule 10, the provisions of this Part and of Schedule 10 are in addition to and not in derogation of section 23 of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1).

### Chief Executive Election Ordinance 《行政長官選舉條例》

1. Short title
(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Chief Executive Election Ordinance.
(2) (Omitted as spent—E.R. 1 of 2012)

### Chief Executive Election Ordinance 《行政長官選舉條例》

2A. Effect of inclement weather warning on date and period
(1) In this section—
gale warning (烈風警告) has the same meaning as in the Judicial Proceedings (Adjournment During Gale Warnings) Ordinance (Cap. 62);
inclement weather warning day (惡劣天氣警告日) means a working day on which a gale warning or a rainstorm warning is in force at any time during the ordinary business hours;

ordinary business hours (通常辦公時間) means the hours—
(a) between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on any Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday (other than a general holiday); and
(b) between 9 a.m. and 12 noon on a Saturday (other than a general holiday) during the period between—
(i) the date of publication of a notice under section 3 of the Electoral Procedure (Chief Executive Election) Regulation (Cap. 541 sub. leg. J) in respect of an election; and
(ii) the date of publication of the result of the election under this Ordinance or the date of the declaration of the termination of the proceedings for the election under this Ordinance, as may be appropriate;

rainstorm warning (暴雨警告) has the same meaning as in the Judicial Proceedings (Adjournment During Gale Warnings) Ordinance (Cap. 62);

working day (工作日) means—
(a) any Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday other than a general holiday;
(b) a Saturday (other than a general holiday) during the period between—
(i) the date of publication of a notice under section 3 of the Electoral Procedure (Chief Executive Election) Regulation (Cap. 541 sub. leg. J) in respect of an election; and
(ii) the date of publication of the result of the election under this Ordinance or the date of the declaration of the termination of the proceedings for the election under this Ordinance, as may be appropriate.

(2) If the last day of the nomination period fixed under section 15 falls on an inclement weather warning day, the nomination period is extended to end on the next working day which is not an inclement weather warning day, following that last day, and that section has effect accordingly.
(3) If—
(a) a person is required by section 18 or 31 to do an act within a period; and
(b) the last day of the period falls on an inclement weather warning day,
the period is extended, in relation to the act, to end on the next working day which is not an inclement weather warning day, following the day mentioned in paragraph (b), and that section has effect accordingly.
(Added 15 of 2016 s. 23)

### Chief Executive Election Ordinance 《行政長官選舉條例》

3. Term of office of Chief Executive
(1) The term of office of the Chief Executive shall—
(a) subject to subsection (1A), be 5 years; and (Amended 4 of 2005 s. 2)
(b) commence on the date on which he assumes office being the date specified for this purpose by the Central People’s Government in the instrument of appointment.
(1A) Where—
(a) a vacancy in the office of the Chief Executive arises under section 4(b) or (c) during the term of office of a Chief Executive; and
(b) a person is appointed by the Central People’s Government as the Chief Executive to fill the vacancy before the expiry of the term of office referred to in paragraph (a),

the term of office of the Chief Executive referred to in paragraph (b) shall expire upon the expiry of the term of office referred to in paragraph (a). (Added 4 of 2005 s. 2)
(2) No person shall hold the office of the Chief Executive for more than 2 consecutive terms.
(2A) Where the appointment of the Chief Executive falls within subsection (1A)(b), his term of office shall, for the purposes of subsection (2), be regarded as one term. (Added 10 of 2006 s. 3)
(3) The date on which the term of office of the Chief Executive commences shall be published by notice in the Gazette.

4. Vacancy in office
The office of the Chief Executive becomes vacant—
(a) on the expiry of the term of office of the Chief Executive;
(b) if the Chief Executive dies; or
(c) if the Central People’s Government removes the Chief Executive from office in accordance with the Basic Law.

5. Declaration of vacancy
(1) Where the office of the Chief Executive becomes vacant under section 4(b) or (c), the Acting Chief Executive shall, by notice published in the Gazette, declare the vacancy.
(2) A declaration under subsection (1) shall—
(a) be made within 21 days after the Acting Chief Executive becomes aware of the vacancy; and
(b) specify the date on which the office became vacant.