LegCo procedures

• Rules of Procedure (Version date 1.1.2026)
• Code for Members of the Legislative Council
• House Rules (Version date 1.1.2026)
• Finance Committee and its subcommittees procedures
  • Finance Committee Procedure
  • Establishment Subcommittee Procedure
  • Public Works Subcommittee Procedure

• Handbook for Chairmen of Panels (English version to follow)
• Handbook for Chairmen of Bills Committees (English version to follow)
• Handbook for Chairmen of Subcommittees on Subsidiary Legislation/Other Instruments (English version to follow)

• Oath-taking by Members
• Election of the President of the Legislative Council
• President's rulings / correspondence
• Request for special leave of the Council to give evidence of Council proceedings
• Voting procedures in the Legislative Council meetings (Chinese version only)
• Guidance on Members' attire which might be deemed inappropriate for attending Council meetings
• Reminders to Members during Council meetings and ringing of bell
  • Matters relating to quorum calls at Council meetings
  • Reminders to Members during Council meetings
  • Ringing of bell in respect of time limit on oral questions at Council meetings

• Late provision of discussion papers by the Administration for Panel meetings
• Procedures related to the Legislative Council Supervisory Committee, the Public Accounts Committee, the Committee on Rules of Procedure and the Committee on Access to the Legislature's Documents and Records
  • Procedure for election of members of the Legislative Council Supervisory Committee, the Public Accounts Committee, the Committee on Rules of Procedure and the Committee on Access to the Legislature's Documents and Records
  • Procedure for election of the chairmen and deputy chairmen of the Public Accounts Committee and the Committee on Rules of Procedure
  • Committee on Access to the Legislature's Documents and Records Practice and Procedure
• Role of the Member in charge of a bill in the relevant Bills Committee

• Papers relating to the legislative sessions
• Designations of officials for attendance at meetings of Legislative Council, its Committees and Subcommittees (4 July 2022)
• Resolution passed by the Legislative Council on 19 January 2022 (relating to the membership of The Legislative Council Commission, the election of members thereof and their term of office)
• List of offensive, insulting or unparliamentary expressions
• The relevant requirements for disclosure of pecuniary interest by Members and not voting or withdrawal in case of direct pecuniary interest
• Information note on procedural arrangements for relieving a Legislative Council Member of his duties under Article 79(6) of the Basic Law
• Procedure for the nomination and election of Members of the Legislative Council to advisory/governing bodies (endorsed by the House Committee at its meeting on 25 February 2022)

• Court or other Judgments (or decisions) relating to the Legislative Council since 1998
• A Companion to the history, rules and practices of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Published in 2016; for the latest changes to the rules and procedures, please refer to the latest versions of the Rules of Procedure and House Rules.)
• Related Laws