Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) (ELECTION COMMITTEE) REGULATION - SECT 8

How to nominate candidates for other subsectors

(1) A person is to be nominated as a candidate for a subsector  election by
submitting to the Returning Officer a subsector nomination  form which
complies with this section.

(2) The subsector nomination form must be submitted in accordance with this
section.

(3) The subsector nomination form must be in the specified form and subscribed
in accordance with the Election Committee (Subscribers and Election Deposit
for Nomination) Regulation ( Cap 569 sub. leg.).

(4) The subsector nomination form must contain a declaration by the person
being nominated as the candidate to the effect that he or she-

   (a)  is eligible to be nominated as a candidate for the subsector
        concerned;

   (b)  is not disqualified from being so nominated; and

   (c)  consents to being so nominated.

(5) The subsector nomination form-

   (a)  must contain the name of the person being nominated as the candidate
        as shown on the person's identity document (being the identity 
        document on the basis of which the particulars of the person are
        recorded in the geographical constituencies final register) and, if
        the Returning  Officer is satisfied that the person is usually known
        by a name different from that shown on the person's identity document
        aforesaid, may also include that different name; and

   (b)  must also contain the identity document number and address of the
        person being nominated as the candidate.

(6) The subsector nomination form must be signed by the person being nominated
as the candidate in each place the person's signature is required on that
form.

(7) The subsector nomination form must be signed by each subscriber. It must
contain the name and identity document number of each subscriber.

(8) In the case of a voter other than a natural person, the subscription of
the subsector nomination form by that voter may be effected by that voter's
authorized representative.

(9) The subsector nomination form must contain other particulars, if any,
required to be furnished on that form.

(10) The Returning Officer may require a person who is being nominated as a
candidate to furnish any other information that Officer considers appropriate
to be satisfied-

   (a)  that the person is eligible to be nominated as a candidate for the
        subsector concerned; or

   (b)  as to the validity of the nomination.

(11) Only one person can be nominated on one subsector nomination  form.

(12) The subsector nomination form must be submitted to the Returning Officer
within the nomination period at the specified address.

(13) The subsector nomination form must be submitted by the candidate in
person or in any other manner authorized by the Chief Electoral Officer.