Date of prorogation of seventh-term LegCo
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A Government spokesperson stated today (August 13) that the Chief Executive, having actually considered the pertinent electoral legislation and the practice embraced in the previous public elections, has actually defined October 24, 2025, as the date from which the seventh-term Legislative Council (LegCo) will stand prorogued and its operation will then be ended.
In accordance with area 6( 3) of the Legislative Council Ordinance (Cap. 542), to allow a LegCo basic election to be held, the Chief Executive may, before completion of a term of workplace of the LegCo, prorogue the LegCo to end its operation. Considering that the 2025 LegCo General Election will be hung on December 7 this year, the election duration for the election will be set up for October 24 to November 6 this year. The Chief Executive has actually defined the start date of the election duration as the date from which the seventh-term LegCo will stand prorogued, so regarding make sure that all prospects (consisting of serving LegCo members) will complete on an equal opportunity.
The date of prorogation of the LegCo will be released in the Gazette on August 15.