Instrument:	A501	Title:	RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION	Gazette Number:	L.N. 235 of 2005
Rule:	46	Heading:	Decision on Motions	Version Date:	16/12/2005

(1) Except as otherwise provided in Rules 49B (Disqualification of Member from Office) and 66 (Bills Returned for Reconsideration) and Articles 52(2), 73(9) (in respect of a motion of impeachment) and 159 of and Annex I and Annex II to the Basic Law, the passage of all motions before the Council or a committee of the whole Council shall, subject to subrule (2), require a majority vote of the Members present. (L.N. 107 of 1999; L.N. 235 of 2005)
(2) The passage of a motion (other than a motion moved under any of the excepted Rules or Articles of the Basic Law referred to in subrule (1)) or bill introduced by a Member, or an amendment introduced by a Member to any motion or bill, shall require a majority vote of each of the following two groups of Members present-

(a) Members returned by functional constituencies (Group I); and
(b) Members returned by geographical constituencies through direct elections (Group II). (L.N. 161 of 2004)