Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (NOMINATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEES (LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL)) REGULATION - SECT 3

Functions

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(1) Subject to subsection (2), the functions of a Committee are-

   (a)  to advise, subject to section 5(14)-

        (i)    any prospective candidate for an election as to whether he or
               she is eligible to be, or disqualified from being, nominated as
               a candidate in respect of a geographical constituency, a
               functional  constituency, the Election Committee, a subsector
               or a sub-subsector, as the case may be;

        (ii)   any prospective nominee for nomination for the religious 
               subsector as to whether he or she is eligible to be, or
               disqualified from being, a nominee;

        (iii)  any designated body as to whether a person proposed to be
               nominated by that body to be a member representing the
               religious subsector on the Election Committee is eligible to
               be, or disqualified from being, a nominee; and

   (b)  to advise any Returning Officer as to whether-

        (i)    a particular candidate for an election or by-election is
               eligible to be, or disqualified from being, nominated as a
               candidate in respect of a geographical constituency, a
               functional constituency, the Election Committee, a subsector or
               a sub-subsector, as the case may be;

        (ii)   a particular nominee for nomination for the religious 
               subsector is eligible to be, or disqualified from being, such a
               nominee.

(2) A Committee must perform its functions under subsection (1) in respect of
the election or elections, or by-election or by-elections, or
nomination for the religious subsector, specified under section 2(5) in
relation to its appointment.

(3) The Commission must specify by notice published in the Gazette the date by
which a Committee must complete the performance of its functions under
subsection (1)(a) as regards an election or nomination for 
the religious subsector in relation to which it is appointed, and where more
than one Committee is appointed in relation to the same election or
nomination for the religious subsector, as the case may be, the Commission
must, for the purposes of this subsection, specify the same date in respect of
each such Committee.

(4) As regards a particular election or by-election or nomination 
for the religious subsector, the Committee must perform its functions under
subsection (1)(b) during the period specified by the Commission by notice
published in the Gazette for the purpose of this subsection.