Hong Kong Ordinances

ELECTIONS (CORRUPT AND ILLEGAL CONDUCT) ORDINANCE - SECT 9

Corrupt conduct to engage in certain deceptive behaviour in relation to candidates and prospective candidates

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

   (a)  by a deception, induces another person-

        (i)    to stand, or not to stand, as a candidate at the election; or

        (ii)   if the other person has been nominated as a candidate at the
               election, to withdraw the nomination; or

   (b)  by a deception, induces another person to get a third person-

        (i)    to stand, or not to stand, as a candidate at the election; or

        (ii)   if the third person has been nominated as a candidate at the
               election, to withdraw the nomination.

(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.