Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) (ELECTION COMMITTEE) REGULATION - SECT 15

Returning Officer may give opportunity to rectify nomination form

(1) If the Returning Officer detects on a religious subsector  nomination form
or a subsector nomination form-

   (a)  an error or what appears to that Officer to be an error, or an
        omission, which may amount to a ground for deciding that the
        nomination form is invalid; or

   (b)  anything which may affect the validity of the nomination form, and
        that Officer considers that it can be rectified within the period
        referred to in section 3(3)(c) or the nomination period, that Officer
        may, before making a decision under section 12 or 13, as may be
        appropriate, give the nominee, the designated body or the candidate a
        reasonable opportunity to rectify it.

(2) A religious subsector nomination form or a subsector nomination  form
cannot be rectified under this section after the expiry of the period referred
to in section 3(3)(c) or of the nomination period.