Hong Kong Ordinances

VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION ORDINANCE - SECT 22

Who is eligible to be nominated as a candidate

(1) A person is eligible to be nominated as a candidate at an election for an
Existing Village only if the person-

   (a)  is a resident of the Village;

   (b)  has been a resident of the Village for the 6 years immediately
        preceding the nomination;

   (c)  has reached 21 years of age;

   (d)  is registered, and eligible to be registered, as an elector for the
        Village;

   (e)  is not disqualified from voting at the election; and

   (f)  is not disqualified from being nominated as a candidate at the
        election, or from being elected as a Resident Representative for the
        Village, by virtue of section 23 or any other law.

(2) A person is eligible to be nominated as a candidate at an election for an
Indigenous Village or a Composite Indigenous Village only if the person-

   (a)  is an indigenous inhabitant of the Village;

   (b)  has reached 21 years of age;

   (c)  is registered, and eligible to be registered, as an elector for the
        Village;

   (d)  is not disqualified from voting at the election;

   (e)  is not disqualified from being nominated as a candidate at the
        election, or from being elected as an
        Indigenous Inhabitant Representative for the Village, by virtue of
        section 23 or any other law;

   (f)  is a Hong Kong permanent resident; and

   (g)  ordinarily resides in Hong Kong.

(3) A Village Representative is not eligible to be nominated as a candidate at
a village by-election.

(4) A person is not eligible to be nominated as a candidate at an election for
a Village if the person is currently nominated as a candidate at an election
for another Village.