Hong Kong Ordinances

ELECTIONS (CORRUPT AND ILLEGAL CONDUCT) ORDINANCE - SECT 21

Corrupt conduct to withdraw election petition or election appeal for a bribe

(1) A person engages in corrupt conduct at an election if the person, having
lodged an election petition or an election appeal-

   (a)  withdraws the petition or appeal in return for an advantage solicited
        by the person or offered by another person; or

   (b)  solicits or accepts an advantage as an inducement to withdraw the
        petition or appeal.

(2) A person engages in corrupt conduct at an election if the person-

   (a)  offers an advantage to a person who has lodged an election  petition
        or an election appeal as an inducement to withdraw the petition or
        appeal; or

   (b)  offers an advantage to another person to get the other person to
        induce or try to induce a person who has lodged an election petition
        or an election appeal to withdraw the petition or appeal.

(3) A person engages in corrupt conduct at an election if the person solicits
or accepts an advantage as a reward for-

   (a)  having withdrawn an election petition or an election appeal; or

   (b)  having induced another person to withdraw such a petition or appeal.

(4) A person engages in corrupt conduct at an election if the person-

   (a)  offers an advantage to another person as a reward for having withdrawn
        or agreed to withdraw an election petition or an election  appeal; or

   (b)  offers an advantage to another person as a reward for having got a
        person who has lodged an election petition or an election appeal to
        withdraw the petition or appeal.

(5) For the purposes of this section-

   (a)  a person solicits an advantage if the person asks for, or shows a
        willingness to receive, an advantage, either for the person's own
        benefit or for the benefit of another person; and

   (b)  a person accepts an advantage if the person receives or obtains an
        advantage, or agrees to receive or obtain an advantage, either for the
        person's own benefit or for the benefit of another person; and

   (c)  a person offers an advantage if the person confers, undertakes to
        confer or shows a willingness to confer, an advantage on another
        person.