Hong Kong Regulations

BOUNDARY AND ELECTION COMMISSION (ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) (GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCIES) REGULATION - SECT 11

No nomination for more than one constituency

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(1) A person shall not be nominated as a candidate in an election in respect
of more than one constituency.

(2) A person who wishes to be nominated as a candidate in the same election
for a constituency other than the constituency for which he has
for the time being submitted a nomination paper ("first constituency"), shall,
before he submits a nomination paper for that other constituency, withdraw his
candidature for the first constituency, in accordance with section 10, and
declare in the nomination paper for the other constituency that his
candidature for the first constituency has been withdrawn.

(3) For the avoidance of doubt it is declared that nothing in this section
shall be construed as permitting a person to be nominated as a candidate in
respect of a geographical constituency and a constituency within the meaning
of the Legislative Council (Electoral Provisions)  Ordinance ( Cap. 381)
concurrently. (Enacted 1994; L.N. 396 of 1994; L.N. 221 of 1995)