Hong Kong Ordinances Hong Kong Ordinances
- CHAPTER 547
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
1. Short title
2. Interpretation
3. Declaration of Districts
4. Establishment of District Councils
5. Number of members to be elected to a District Council and the
number of members to be appointed to it
6. Declaration of constituencies
7. Number of elected members to be returned for each constituency
8. Chief Executive in Council may amend Schedule 1, 2 or 3
9. District Councils to consist of elected members, appointed members
and ex officio members
10. An elected member or appointed member taken to have resigned on
becoming an ex officio member
11. Chief Executive to appoint members and how long appointed members
are to hold office
12. Who may be appointed to a District Council
13. Appointed members to accept office
14. Disqualification of appointed members
15. How an appointed member can resign
16. When appointed member's office becomes vacant and appointment of a
substitute
17. Ex officio members to accept office
18. When the office of ex officio member becomes vacant
19. Disqualification of ex officio members
20. Who is eligible to be nominated as a candidate
21. When person is disqualified from being nominated as a candidate and
from being elected as an elected member
22. How long elected member is to hold office
23. Elected members to accept office
24. Disqualification of elected members
25. How an elected member can resign
26. When elected member's office becomes vacant
27. Chief Executive to specify dates for holding ordinary elections
28. Suspension of operation of District Councils to enable ordinary
election to be held
29. Who is entitled to vote at an election
30. When an elector is disqualified from voting at an election
31. Electoral Registration Officer to publish register for the first
ordinary election
32. Vacancy in membership of elected members of a District Council to
be declared
33. By-election to be held to fill vacancy in membership of District
Councils
34. What requirements are to be complied with by persons nominated as
candidates
35. Withdrawal of candidate's nomination
36. Who are validly nominated candidates
37. Candidates entitled to send letters to electors free of postage
38. When ordinary election can be postponed or adjourned
39. What is to happen if insufficient candidates are nominated
40. When election proceedings are terminated or when an election fails
41. System of voting and counting of votes
42. Consequences of non-compliance with requirements of this Ordinance
43. Misnomer or inaccuracy not to affect operation of election document
44. Election to be presumed to be valid
45. Election not to be questioned only because of defect in the
appointment of an electoral officer
46. Returning Officer to publish result of election
47. Offences by electoral officers with respect to conduct of election
48. Elector not to be required to disclose how vote was cast
49. Election may be questioned only by election petition made on
specified grounds
50. Who may lodge election petition
51. Who may be made respondent to election petition
52. Court to have jurisdiction to determine election petitions
53. Period within which election petition is to be lodged
54. Court may direct security to be given for costs
55. Court to determine election petition
56. What happens if election petition is withdrawn
57. When an election petition is terminated
58. When respondent can withdraw from election petition proceedings and
be substituted
59. Acts of person not invalid if declared not to be elected
60. What is to happen if an elected member is determined not to have
been duly elected
60A. Interpretation: Part VA
60B. Financial assistance payable to candidates
60C. Eligibility for financial assistance
60D. Amount payable as financial assistance
60E. Entitlement to financial assistance not affected by failure of
election, but financial assistance not payable if election proceedings
are terminated
60F. Financial assistance to be paid out of general revenue
60G. Recovery of payment of financial assistance
60H. How financial assistance is to be claimed and paid
60I. Financial assistance not to be paid until disposal of election
petition
61. Functions of a District Council
62. Election of first Chairman and Vice Chairman
63. Resignation of Chairman or Vice Chairman
64. When office of Chairman or Vice Chairman becomes vacant
65. Election of Chairman or Vice Chairman to be in accordance with
Schedule 5
66. Duties of Chairman and Vice Chairman
67. Chairman or other person presiding to have a casting vote
68. District Council may make standing orders
69. District Council may appoint secretary
70. Quorum of a District Council
71. District Council may appoint committees
72. Proceedings of a District Council or a committee not affected by
vacancy or defect in membership
73. Functions and duties of Electoral Registration Officer and assistants
74. Electoral Registration Officer may specify forms
75. Appointment of Returning Officers and assistants
76. Offence to obstruct or hinder electoral officer
77. Chief Executive may give directions as to exercise or performance of
electoral officers' functions and duties
78. Death or incapacity of electoral officer not to terminate authority
79. Proceedings against persons on grounds of disqualification
80. Period within which complaint or information is to be laid
81. Chief Executive in Council may make regulations
82. Chief Executive in Council may amend Schedule 4, 5 or 7
83. Designated Officer to give notice of membership
84. Designated Officer to give notice of vacancy
85. Directions by Chief Executive to a District Council
86. Protection of members
87. Transitional: application of section 28 to first ordinary election
88. (Omitted as spent)
89. (Omitted as spent)
SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE 2
SCHEDULE 3
SCHEDULE 4
SCHEDULE 5
SCHEDULE 6
SCHEDULE 7
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