Hong Kong Ordinances

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ORDINANCE - SECT 29

Elector to be 18 years of age

(Past version on 30/07/1999).
(Past version on 03/10/1997).

A natural person is not eligible to be registered as an elector unless-

   (a)  the person has reached 18 years of age; or

   (b)  the person's eighteenth birthday falls-

        (i)    in any year other than a year in which a District Council 
               ordinary election is to be held, on or before 25 July next
               following the person's application for registration; or

        (ii)   in a year in which a District Council ordinary election is to
               be held, on or before 25 September next following the person's
               application for registration. (Replaced 33 of 2002 s. 3)