Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) (LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL) REGULATION - SECT 15

Returning Officer not to accept nomination form without deposit and to issue receipt for deposit

(Past version on 21/01/1998).

(1) The Returning Officer may accept a nomination form only if it is
accompanied by the appropriate deposit.

(2) When the Returning Officer receives the appropriate deposit, that Officer
must issue a receipt for the amount of the deposit.

(3) In this section and section 16 "appropriate deposit" (適當的按金)
means the amount of deposit to be lodged under the Legislative Council
(Subscribers and Election Deposit for Nomination) Regulation ( Cap 542 sub.
leg. C), having regard to whether the nomination form is submitted for a
geographical constituency or a functional constituency. (L.N. 84 of 2004)

"appropriate deposit" (適當的按金)