Hong Kong Ordinances

ELECTIONS (CORRUPT AND ILLEGAL CONDUCT) ORDINANCE - SECT 12

Corrupt conduct to provide others with refreshments and entertainment at election

(1) A person engages in corrupt conduct at an election if the person provides,
or meets all or part of the cost of providing, food, drink or entertainment
for another person for the purpose of inducing the other person or a third
person-

   (a)  to vote at the election for a particular candidate or particular
        candidates; or

   (b)  not to vote at the election, or not to vote at the election for a
        particular candidate or particular candidates.

(2) A person engages in corrupt conduct at an election if the person provides,
or meets all or part of the cost of providing, food, drink or entertainment
for another person because the other person or a third person-

   (a)  has voted at the election for a particular candidate or particular
        candidates; or

   (b)  has not voted at the election, or has not voted at the election for a
        particular candidate or particular candidates.

(3) A person engages in corrupt conduct at an election if the person solicits,
accepts or takes food, drink or entertainment-

   (a)  as an inducement to vote at the election for a particular candidate or
        particular candidates; or

   (b)  as an inducement not to vote at the election, or not to vote at the
        election for a particular candidate or particular candidates.

(4) A person engages in corrupt conduct at an election if the person solicits,
accepts or takes food, drink or entertainment-

   (a)  as a reward for having voted at the election for a particular
        candidate or particular candidates; or

   (b)  as a reward for not having voted at the election, or not having voted
        at the election for a particular candidate or particular candidates.

(5) A person does not engage in corrupt conduct of a kind referred to in
subsection (1) only because the person has, at an election meeting, served
non-alcoholic drinks of any kind. An election meeting is any meeting held to
promote or prejudice the election of a particular candidate or particular
candidates.

(6) A person is taken to have engaged in corrupt conduct of a kind referred to
in subsections (1) to (4) even though the conduct was engaged in by another
person, but only if the other person was acting with the person's authority.
That authority may be conferred expressly or by implication.