Hong Kong Ordinances

ELECTIONS (CORRUPT AND ILLEGAL CONDUCT) ORDINANCE - SECT 25

Illegal conduct to publish false statement that a person is or is not a candidate

(1) A person engages in illegal conduct at an election if the person publishes
a statement, knowing it to be false, that the person or another person is a
candidate at the election.

(2) A candidate engages in illegal conduct at an election if the candidate
publishes a statement, knowing it to be false, that the candidate is no longer
a candidate at the election.

(3) A person engages in illegal conduct at an election if the person publishes
a statement, knowing it to be false, that another person who has been
nominated as a candidate is no longer a candidate at the election.