Hong Kong Ordinances

DISTRICT COUNCILS ORDINANCE - SECT 60I

Financial assistance not to be paid until disposal of election petition

(1) The Chief Electoral Officer must not make any payment of financial
assistance during the period specified in section 53 for lodging an
election petition, but may receive or process a claim during that period.

(2) If an election petition relating to an election for a constituency is
lodged, the Chief Electoral Officer must not make any payment of financial
assistance to any candidate for that constituency until the determination,
abandonment or termination of the petition under Division 4 of Part V.

(3) In this section, a reference to the abandonment of an election  petition
includes a reference to withdrawing or ceasing to prosecute an
election petition. (Part VA added 1 of 2007 s. 6)