Hong Kong Regulations

PARTICULARS RELATING TO CANDIDATES ON BALLOT PAPERS (LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND DISTRICT COUNCILS) REGULATION - SECT 13

Applicant may vary application, etc.

(Past version on 06/02/2004).

(1) If the Commission is of the opinion that it may refuse to grant an
application made under section 8(1) or 9(1) on any of the grounds set out in
section 12, it must give the applicant a notice in writing—

   (a)  if the application is made on or before the relevant cut-off  date of
        the first annual registration cycle after the commencement of this
        Regulation, within 21 days after that cut-off date; or

   (b)  if the application is made on or before the relevant cut-off  date of
        any subsequent annual registration cycle, within 14 days after the
        relevant cut-off date of that annual registration cycle.

(2) A notice given under subsection (1) must specify—

   (a)  that the Commission is of the opinion that it may refuse to grant the
        application concerned, and the grounds on which the opinion is formed;
        and

   (b)  that the applicant may, within 14 days after the notice is given, vary
        the application or make representations in writing to the Commission
        on why it should not refuse to grant the application.

(3) If a notice has been given to the applicant under subsection

(1) and the applicant varies the application within the period referred to in
subsection (2)(b), the application so varied is, for all purposes, to be
regarded as being made under section 8(1) or 9(1) on or before the
relevant cut-off date of the annual registration cycle in which the
application is made, and the application then has effect subject to the
variation.

(4) The Commission may, by notice in writing given to the applicant, refuse to
grant the application concerned if a notice has been given to the applicant
under subsection (1), and—

   (a)  the applicant does not vary the application or make any
        representations in writing under subsection (2)(b); or

   (b)  the Commission, having considered any such varied application or
        representations, considers that the applicant has not shown good cause
        why it should not refuse to grant the application.