Hong Kong Ordinances

CHIEF EXECUTIVE ELECTION ORDINANCE - SECT 10

Polling date

PART 4

DATE OF POLL AND NOMINATION

(1) Subject to section 11, the date of the poll at an election to return a
candidate for appointment to fill the vacancy in the office of the
Chief Executive that will arise under section 4(a) shall, where the first day
of the period of 95 days expiring at the beginning of the day on which the
vacancy will arise-

   (a)  is a Sunday, be that Sunday; or

   (b)  is not a Sunday, be the Sunday immediately preceding the commencement
        of that period.

(2) Subject to section 11, the date of the poll at an election to return a
candidate for appointment to fill the vacancy in the office of the
Chief Executive that arises under section 4(b) or (c) shall, where the 120th
day after the date on which the office becomes vacant as specified under
section 5(2)(b)-

   (a)  is a Sunday, be that Sunday; or

   (b)  is not a Sunday, be the Sunday immediately following that day.

(3) Nothing in this section or section 11 prevents any round of voting from
being conducted on a day after the polling date if the operation of section 27
so requires.