Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) (ELECTION COMMITTEE) REGULATION - SECT 80

Returning Officer to declare subsector election result

(1) When the counting of votes and re-counts, if any, are completed and the
result of the subsector election determined, the Returning Officer is to
declare as elected the candidates who were successful at the
subsector election, as provided in section 29(7) of the Schedule to the
Chief Executive Election Ordinance ( Cap 569).

(2) If before the Returning Officer declares a candidate to be elected, proof
is given to the satisfaction of that Officer that the candidate has died or is
disqualified from being elected, that Officer-

(a) must not declare that candidate to be elected; and

   (b)  must-

        (i)    declare the candidate to be returned for the subsector under
               section 29(9) of the Schedule to the
               Chief Executive Election Ordinance ( Cap 569) to be elected; or

        (ii)   if there is no candidate who can be returned under that
               section, declare that no candidate is returned at the
               subsector election, as provided in section 26(2)(c) of that
               Schedule, or that the number of EC  members returned at the
               subsector election for the subsector is less than the number of
               EC members to be returned at the subsector election, as
               provided in section 26(2)(d) of that Schedule.

(3) A declaration under section 26(2)(c) or (d) of the Schedule to the
Chief Executive Election Ordinance ( Cap 569) is to be made by the
Returning Officer by a notice. The notice must be displayed in a prominent
place outside the counting station. As soon as practicable after the
declaration is made, the notice must be published in the Gazette.