Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) (LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL) REGULATION - SECT 18

Returning Officer may give opportunity to rectify a nomination form

(Past version on 21/01/1998).

(1) If the Returning Officer detects on a nomination form-

   (a)  an error or what appears to that Officer to be an error, or an
        omission, which may amount to a ground for deciding that the
        nomination  form is invalid; or

   (b)  anything which may affect the validity of the nomination form, and the
        Returning Officer considers that it can be rectified within the
        nomination period, that Officer may, before making a decision under
        section 16, give the candidate a reasonable opportunity to rectify it.

(2) If the nomination form relates to a geographical constituency, the
opportunity to rectify must be given to all the candidates on the
nomination list if it is appropriate to do so.

(3) A nomination form cannot be rectified under this section after the expiry
of the nomination period. (L.N. 147 of 1998)