Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) (ELECTION COMMITTEE) REGULATION - SECT 23

Candidate may appoint election agent

Division 2: Election Agents and Election Expense Agents

(1) Each candidate may appoint one person as his or her election  agent.

(2) Only a holder of an identity card who has attained the age of 18 years may
be appointed as an election agent.

(3) A candidate who appoints an election agent must give notice of the
appointment to the Returning Officer.

(4) The appointment of an election agent is not effective until notice of the
appointment is received by the Returning Officer.

(5) A notice of appointment must be in writing and state the name,
identity card number and address of the election agent.

(6) A notice of appointment must be signed by the candidate.

(7) A candidate cannot have more than one election agent at any one time.

(8) If the appointment of an election agent is revoked, the candidate must
give notice of the revocation to the Returning Officer.

(9) A notice of revocation must be in writing and be signed by the candidate.

(10) The revocation of the appointment of an election agent is not effective
until notice of the revocation is received by the Returning  Officer.

(11) If at any time an election agent dies or the appointment of an
election agent is revoked, the candidate may appoint a replacement.

(12) The appointment of a replacement must be in accordance with the
requirements of this section.

(13) A notice of appointment or a notice of revocation under this section must
be in the specified form.

(14) Subject to subsection (15), an election agent may do all things which a
candidate may do in connection with a subsector election. Any such act of the
election agent is effective as if it had been done by the candidate in person.

(15) An election agent may not-

   (a)  do anything a candidate is required to do under section 8;

   (b)  withdraw the candidate's candidature; or

   (c)  authorize any person for the purposes of section 25.