Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (NOMINATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEES (ELECTION COMMITTEE)) REGULATION - SECT 4

Functions

(1) Subject to subsection (2), the functions of a Committee are-

   (a)  to advise, subject to section 6(14)-

        (i)    any prospective candidate for an ordinary election as to
               whether he or she is eligible to be, or disqualified from
               being, nominated as a candidate in respect of a subsector or a
               sub-subsector, as the case may be;

        (ii)   any prospective nominee for nomination for the religious 
               subsector as to whether he or she is eligible to be, or
               disqualified from being, a nominee;

        (iii)  any designated body selecting a nominee for nomination for 
               the religious subsector as to whether a person proposed to be
               nominated by that body to be a member representing the
               religious subsector on the Election Committee is eligible to
               be, or disqualified from being, a nominee; and

   (b)  to advise any Returning Officer as to whether-

        (i)    a particular candidate for an ordinary election or by-election
               is eligible to be, or disqualified from being, nominated as a
               candidate in respect of a subsector or a sub-subsector, as the
               case may be;

        (ii)   a particular nominee for nomination for the religious 
               subsector is eligible to be, or disqualified from being, such a
               nominee;

        (iii)  a particular nominee for supplementary nomination for the 
               religious subsector is eligible to be, or disqualified from
               being, such a nominee.

(2) A Committee must perform its functions under subsection (1) in respect of
the ordinary election or ordinary elections, by-election or by-elections,
nomination for the religious subsector or supplementary 
nomination for the religious subsector, specified under section 3(5) in
relation to its appointment.

(3) The Commission must specify by notice published in the Gazette the date by
which a Committee must complete the performance of its functions under
subsection (1)(a) as regards an ordinary election or
nomination for the religious subsector in relation to which it is appointed,
and where more than one Committee is appointed in relation to the same
ordinary election or nomination for the religious subsector, as the case may
be, the Commission must, for the purposes of this subsection, specify the same
date in respect of each such Committee.

(4) As regards a particular ordinary election, by-election,
nomination for the religious subsector or supplementary nomination for the 
religious subsector, the Committee must perform its functions under subsection
(1)(b) during the period specified by the Commission by notice published in
the Gazette.