Hong Kong Ordinances

VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION ORDINANCE - SECT 16

When a person is disqualified from being registered as an elector

A person is disqualified from being registered as an elector for a Village if
the person-

   (a)  has, in Hong Kong or any other place, been sentenced to death or
        imprisonment (by whatever name called) and has not-

        (i)    served the sentence or undergone such other punishment as a
               competent authority may have substituted for the sentence; or

        (ii)   received a free pardon;

   (b)  on the date of application for registration, is serving a sentence of
        imprisonment;

   (c)  without limiting paragraph (a), where the election is to be held or is
        held within 3 years after the date of the person's conviction, is or
        has been convicted-

        (i)    of having engaged in corrupt or illegal conduct;

        (ii)   of an offence against Part II of the Prevention of Bribery 
               Ordinance ( Cap 201); or

        (iii)  of any offence prescribed by the EAC Regulations;

   (d)  is found under the Mental Health Ordinance ( Cap 136) to be incapable,
        by reason of mental incapacity, of managing and administering his
        property and affairs; or

   (e)  is a member of the armed forces of the People's Republic of China or
        any other country or territory.