Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) (DISTRICT COUNCILS) REGULATION - SECT 8

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

Division 2: 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 a notice which complies with subsection (2).

(2) A notice under subsection (1) must state, in relation to each
constituency-

   (a)  the name of the constituency, the name of the relevant District, and
        that one elected member is to be returned for that constituency;

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

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

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

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

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

   (e)  if there is more than one validly nominated candidate for that
        constituency.