Hong Kong Ordinances

VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION ORDINANCE - SECT 30

When election proceedings are terminated or when an election fails

(1) If, on the date of an election for a Village but before the close of
polling for the election, it comes to the knowledge of the Returning Officer
for the Village that a validly nominated candidate for election for the
Village has died or is disqualified from being elected, the Officer shall, in
accordance with the EAC Regulations, publicly declare that the proceedings for
the election are terminated.

(2) If, after the close of polling for an election for a Village but before
declaring the result of the election, it comes to the knowledge of the
Returning Officer for the Village that a validly nominated candidate for
election for the Village has died or is disqualified from being elected, the
proceedings for the election are not to be terminated at that stage. If the
counting of votes in respect of the election has not begun or is being
conducted, the counting of votes is to begin or to continue as if the death or
disqualification had not occurred.

(3) If, after the counting of votes is finished, the candidate mentioned in
subsection (2) is found to be successful at the election, the
Returning Officer shall, in accordance with the EAC Regulations, publicly
declare the election-

   (a)  to have failed; or

   (b)  (where more than one Village Representative is to be returned for the
        Village at the election and there is another candidate returned for
        the Village) to have failed to the extent that the number of
        candidates returned for the Village at the election was less than the
        number of Village Representatives to be returned for the Village at
        the election.