Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (NOMINATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEES (ELECTION COMMITTEE)) REGULATION - SECT 3

Appointment of the Committee

PART 2

THE COMMITTEE

(1) The Commission may appoint one or more committees each to be known as a
Nominations Advisory Committee (Election Committee) and consisting of one
member who must be-

   (a)  a person who is admitted as a barrister or a solicitor under the
        Legal Practitioners Ordinance ( Cap 159) or is qualified for such
        admission; or

   (b)  a person with such other qualifications in the law, whether academic
        or professional, as the Commission considers appropriate.

(2) Notice of any appointment under subsection (1) must be published in the
Gazette by the Commission as soon as reasonably practicable after the
appointment.

(3) An appointment under subsection (1) must be for such period as specified
by the Commission in the notice under subsection (2).

(4) An appointment under subsection (1) may be in relation to such
ordinary election or ordinary elections, by-election or by-elections,
nomination for the religious subsector or supplementary nomination for the 
religious subsector, as the Commission may determine.

(5) The Commission must specify in any notice under subsection (2)-

   (a)  the ordinary election or ordinary elections, or by-election or
        by-elections, in relation to which the Committee concerned is
        appointed, with reference to the year or date on which any such
        ordinary election or by-election is, or ordinary elections or
        by-elections are, to be held;

   (b)  the nomination for the religious subsector in relation to which the
        Committee concerned is appointed, with reference to the period during
        which nomination forms relating thereto are to be submitted to the
        Returning Officer by the designated bodies; or

   (c)  the supplementary nomination for the religious subsector in relation
        to which the Committee concerned is appointed, with reference to the
        period during which a nomination form or forms relating thereto is or
        are to be submitted to the Returning Officer by the designated body or
        designated bodies, as the case may be.

(6) The member constituting a Committee may be paid remuneration of such
amount or at such rate as the Commission may determine.