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s.50
Appointment of alternates
Where any board, tribunal, commission, committee or similar body is established by
or under any Ordinance, any person who is empowered by such Ordinance to appoint any or
all of the members thereof
may—
(a)
appoint 1 or more duly qualified persons to be alternate members of the same,
and any one such alternate member may attend any meeting of the same when a
substantive member is temporarily unable to attend for any reason; and
(b)
appoint a duly qualified person to be a temporary member of the same in the
place of any substantive member who is precluded by illness, absence from Hong Kong
or any other cause from exercising his functions as such,
(Amended
26 of 1998 s. 18
)
and when attending any meeting of such board, tribunal, commission, committee or
similar body, such alternate or temporary member shall be deemed for all purposes to be
a member of the same.