Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) (LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL) REGULATION - SECT 4

Chief Electoral Officer to publish a notice specifying a period and place for submitting nomination forms for geographical constituencies

PART II

NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES AND OTHER STAGES OF AN ELECTION BEFORE THE POLL:
GENERAL ELECTION AND BY-ELECTIONS

Division 1: Nominations

(1) As soon as practicable after the publication of the notice 
appointing the election day, the Chief Electoral Officer must publish in the
Gazette, for the geographical constituencies, a notice which complies with
subsection (2).

(2) A notice referred to in subsection (1) must state in relation to each
geographical constituency-

   (a)  the name of the geographical constituency and the number of Members to
        be returned for that geographical constituency;

   (b)  the period within which nomination forms for the geographical 
        constituency are to be submitted to the Returning Officer;

   (c)  the address at which the nomination forms are to be submitted;

   (d)  that nomination forms must be submitted during ordinary 
        business hours;

   (e)  the date on which the election for the geographical  constituency is
        to be held; and

   (f)  that a poll will be held on the date referred to in paragraph

   (e)  for the geographical constituency, if the number of validly nominated 
        candidates for that geographical constituency exceeds the number of
        Members to be returned for that geographical constituency.