Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) (LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL) REGULATION - SECT 23

A candidate or a list of candidates may appoint election agent

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Division 2: Election Agents and Election Expense Agents

(1) All the candidates on a multiple nominees list or a multiple 
candidates list may jointly appoint one person as their election agent.

(2) The candidate on a single nominee list or a single candidate  list may
appoint one person as his or her election agent.

(3) Each candidate for a functional constituency may appoint one person as his
or her election agent.

(4) Each candidate for the Election Committee election may appoint one person
as his or her election agent.

(5) Only a holder of an identity card who has attained the age of 18 years may
be appointed as an election agent. (L.N. 147 of 1998)

(6) A candidate must give notice of appointment of his or her election agent
to the Returning Officer. If the election agent is appointed on behalf of a
multiple nominees list or a multiple candidates  list, the notice required for
the purposes of this subsection may be given by any candidate on the relevant
list. (L.N. 147 of 1998)

(7) The appointment of an election agent is not effective until notice of the
appointment is received by the Returning Officer.

(8) A notice for the purposes of this section must be in writing and state the
name, identity document number and registered residential  address of the
election agent.

(9) The notice must be signed by the candidate or, in the case of a
multiple nominees list or a multiple candidates list, by all the candidates on
the list.

(10) A candidate or a nomination list or a list of candidates cannot have more
than one election agent at any one time.

(11) If the appointment of an election agent is revoked, notice of revocation
must be given to the Returning Officer by the candidate as soon as possible
after the revocation. In the case of a multiple nominees list or
multiple candidates list, the notice required for the purposes of this
subsection may be given by any candidate on the relevant list. (L.N. 147 of
1998)

(12) A notice of revocation must be in writing and be signed by the candidate
or, in the case of a multiple nominees list or a multiple  candidates list, by
all the candidates on the list.

(13) The revocation of the appointment of an election agent is not effective
until notice of the revocation is received by the Returning  Officer.

(14) If at any time an election agent dies or the appointment of an  election
agent is revoked, the candidate or, in the case of a multiple  nominees list
or a multiple candidates list, all the candidates on the relevant list
jointly, may appoint a replacement.

(15) The appointment of a replacement must be in accordance with the
requirements of this section.

(16) A notice of appointment or a notice of revocation under this section must
be in the specified form.

(17) Subject to subsection (18), an election agent may do all things which a
candidate or the candidates on a nomination list or a list  of candidates may
do in connection with an election. Any such act of the election agent is
effective as if it had been done by the candidate in person or by the
candidates on a nomination list or a list of candidates, as the case may be.

(18) An election agent may not-

   (a)  do anything a candidate is required to do under section 10, 11 or 12;

   (b)  withdraw a candidate's candidature; or

   (c)  authorize any person for the purposes of section 25. (L.N. 147 of
        1998)