Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL PROCEDURE (VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION) REGULATION - SECT 6

Director of Home Affairs to publish village by-election notice if a village by-election is to be held

Subject to section 21(2) and (3) of the Election Ordinance, as soon as
practicable after a declaration referred to in section 21(1)(a), (b), (c) or
(d) of that Ordinance is made, in order to hold a village by-election for the
purposes of section 21(1) of that Ordinance, the Director of Home Affairs
shall publish in the Gazette a notice which states-

   (a)  the name of the Village for which the village by-election is to be
        held;

   (b)  the number of Village Representatives (specifying whether they are
        Resident Representatives or Indigenous Inhabitant Representatives) to
        be returned for the Village at the village by-election;

   (c)  the date for holding the village by-election;

   (d)  the nomination period determined under section 5 within which
        nomination forms for the village by-election are to be delivered to
        the Returning Officer;

   (e)  the address of the office of the Returning Officer at which nomination
        forms must be delivered;

   (f)  that nomination forms must be delivered during ordinary 
        business hours;

   (g)  that a poll will be held on the polling day if the number of validly
        nominated candidates for the Village exceeds the number of Village 
        Representatives to be returned for that Village at the village 
        by-election; and

   (h)  any other information that the Director of Home Affairs considers
        appropriate.