The Chief Executive, Mrs Carrie Lam, today (May 20) signed the Public Offices (Candidacy and Taking Up Offices) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2021 (the Ordinance) passed by the Legislative Council in accordance with Article 48(3) of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. The Ordinance will come into effect after it is published in the Gazette tomorrow (May 21).