Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL PROCEDURE (VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION) REGULATION - SECT 22

Appointment of election agent

PART 3

ELECTION AGENTS AND ELECTION EXPENSE AGENTS

(1) Each candidate may appoint one person as his 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) An election agent appointed by a candidate may do all things which the
candidate may do or is required to do in connection with an election except-

   (a)  making a declaration referred to in section 24 of the Election
        Ordinance or section 7(1)(b);

   (b)  signing a nomination form as the candidate being nominated;

   (c)  signing a notice of withdrawal of candidature referred to in
        section 14(2) as the candidate;

   (d)  appointing an election agent under subsection (1);

   (e)  appointing an election expense agent under section 23;

   (f)  incurring election expenses on behalf of the candidate, unless he has
        also been appointed by the candidate as the candidate's election 
        expense agent under section 23; and

   (g)  revoking the appointment of an election agent or election 
        expense agent under section 24(4).

(4) Subject to subsection (3), any act which purports to be done by an
election agent in his capacity as such on behalf of the candidate who
appointed him shall be as effective as if it had been done by the candidate in
person.

(5) A notice under section 25(1), 34(2) or (5), 42(4) or 55(3) given to the
election agent of a candidate shall be regarded as having been given to the
candidate.