Hong Kong Ordinances

ELECTIONS (CORRUPT AND ILLEGAL CONDUCT) ORDINANCE - SECT 14

Corrupt conduct to engage in certain deceptive behaviour in relation to electors

(1) A person engages in corrupt conduct at an election if the person, by a
deception-

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

   (b)  induces another person not to vote at the election, or not to vote at
        the election for a particular candidate or particular candidates; or

   (c)  gets another person to induce a third person to vote at the election
        for a particular candidate or particular candidates; or

   (d)  gets another person to induce a third person not to vote at the
        election, or not to vote at the election for a particular candidate or
        particular candidates; or

   (e)  obstructs or prevents another person from voting at the election; or

   (f)  gets another person to obstruct or prevent a third person from voting
        at the election.

(2) A person is taken to have engaged in corrupt conduct of a kind referred to
in subsection (1) 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.