Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) (LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL) REGULATION - SECT 24

Returning Officer to send to other candidates a notice of particulars of election agent

(Past version on 27/02/1998).
(Past version on 21/01/1998).

(1) The Returning Officer must send to the candidate ranking first in priority
on a multiple nominees list or a multiple candidates list, and the candidate
on a single nominee list or a single candidate list, a notice containing the
particulars of the election agents of the other nomination lists or lists of
candidates for the geographical constituency.

(2) The Returning Officer must send to every candidate for a
functional constituency, a notice containing the particulars of the
election agents of the other candidates for that constituency.

(3) (Repealed L.N. 84 of 2004)

(4) If a replacement is appointed for an election agent, the Returning Officer
must send a notice of the particulars of the replacement to the candidates
that Officer is required to send a notice under subsections (1) and (2). (L.N.
84 of 2004)

(5) The Returning Officer must send a notice under subsection (1) or (2)
within 10 days of the expiry of the relevant nomination period. (L.N. 84 of
2004)

(6) If the appointment of the election agent is made after the period of 10
days referred to in subsection (5), or if a replacement is appointed under
section 23(14), the Returning Officer must send a notice of the particulars as
soon as practicable after that Officer receives notice of the appointment or
replacement, as the case may be. (L.N. 147 of 1998)

(7) The Returning Officer must also display in a prominent place outside that
Officer's office, a notice of the particulars of the election  agents.

(8) A notice under this section must be in the specified form.

(9) A notice required to be sent to a candidate under subsection

(1) or (2) may be sent to the election agent instead of to the candidate.
(L.N. 147 of 1998; L.N. 84 of 2004)