Hong Kong Regulations

PARTICULARS RELATING TO CANDIDATES ON BALLOT PAPERS (LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL) REGULATION - SECT 2

Interpretation

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(1) In this Regulation, unless the context otherwise requires—

"annual registration cycle" (年度登記周期) means the period that begins
on 6 February 2004 and ends on 31 December 2004, and thereafter each
successive period of 12 months ending on 31 December;

"applicant" (申請人)—

   (a)  in relation to an application made under section 8(1), 24(1) or 28(1),
        means the prescribed body that makes the application; or

   (b)  in relation to an application made under section 9(1), 25(1) or 29(1),
        means the prescribed person that makes the application;

"ballot paper" (選票) means a ballot paper used at an election;

"by-election" (補選) has the meaning assigned to it by section 3(1) of the
Legislative Council Ordinance ( Cap 542);

"candidate" (候選人) means a candidate nominated for election as a Member;

"election" (選舉) means a general election or a by-election;

"emblem" (標誌) means any sign that is capable of being represented
graphically and may, in particular, consist of all or any of the following—

   (a)  words;

   (b)  indications;

   (c)  designs;

   (d)  letters;

   (e)  characters;

   (f)  numerals;

   (g)  figurative elements;

   (h)  colours;

"functional constituency" (功能界別) has the meaning assigned to it by
section  3 (1) of the Legislative Council Ordinance ( Cap 542);

"identity document" (身分證明文件) has the meaning assigned to it by
section  3 (1) of the Legislative Council Ordinance ( Cap 542);

"Member" (議員) has the meaning assigned to it by section 3(1) of the
Legislative Council Ordinance ( Cap 542);

"nomination list" (提名名單) has the meaning assigned to it by
section 3(1) of the Legislative Council Ordinance ( Cap 542);

"objector" (反對者), in relation to an objection made under section 15(1)
or 22(1), means the person that makes the objection;

"prescribed body" (訂明團體) means a prescribed political body or a
prescribed  non-political body;

"prescribed non-political body" (訂明非政治性團體) means a body or
organization operating in Hong Kong that is not a prescribed political body;

"prescribed person" (訂明人士) means a person that is registered in a
final register of electors for geographical constituencies as compiled and
published in accordance with the Legislative Council Ordinance ( Cap 542) and
that is not disqualified from being so registered or from voting at an
election;

"prescribed political body" (訂明政治性團體) means a body or
organization operating in Hong Kong—

(a) that is a political party;

   (b)  that purports to be a political party; or

   (c)  the principal function or main object of which is to promote or
        prepare a candidate for election as a Member;

"register" (登記冊) means the register established and maintained by the
Commission under section 20;

"registered" (登記) means entered in the register under section 20;

"registered trade mark" (註冊商標) means a trade mark registered under the
Trade Marks Ordinance ( Cap 559);

"relevant certificate" (有關證明書), in relation to a prescribed body,
means a certificate or document issued to the body by an authority or
regulatory organization that regulates the body under the laws of Hong Kong
and showing the name of the body;

"relevant cut-off date" (有關截止日期)—

   (a)  in relation to the first annual registration cycle after the
        commencement of this Regulation, means 1 April 2004; or

   (b)  in relation to any subsequent annual registration cycle, means 15
        April in that annual registration cycle; (L.N. 19 of 2004)

"relevant nomination period" (有關提名期)—

   (a)  in relation to a candidate for a geographical constituency, means the
        period specified under section 4(2)(b) of the Electoral Affairs 
        Commission (Electoral Procedure) (Legislative Council) Regulation (
        Cap 541 sub. leg. D) for nominations for the constituency; or

   (b)  in relation to a candidate for a functional constituency, means the
        period specified under section 5(2)(b) of that Regulation for
        nominations for the constituency;

"requestor" (提請人), in relation to a request made under section 3(2) or
4(2), means the candidate that makes the request;

"specified form" (指明表格), in relation to any particular provision of
this Regulation, means the form specified under section 33 for the purposes of
that provision;

"subject of application" (申請標的)—

   (a)  in relation to an application made under section 8(1), means such of
        the particulars referred to in any of the provisions of section  8
        (1)(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) that are sought to be registered;

   (b)  in relation to an application made under section 9(1), means the
        emblem that is sought to be registered;

   (c)  in relation to an application made under section 24(1), means such of
        the particulars referred to in any of the provisions of section  8
        (1)(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) that are sought to be registered; or

   (d)  in relation to an application made under section 25(1), means the
        emblem that is sought to be registered;

"subject of registration" (登記標的)—

   (a)  in relation to a prescribed body, means such of the particulars
        referred to in any of the provisions of section 8(1)(a), (b), (c), (d)
        and

   (e)  that are registered in relation to the body; or

   (b)  in relation to a prescribed person, means the emblem that is
        registered in relation to the person;

"subject of request" (請求標的)—

   (a)  in relation to a request made under section 3(2), means such of the
        particulars referred to in any of the provisions of section 3(2)(a)
        and (b) that are sought to be printed on a ballot paper; or

   (b)  in relation to a request made under section 4(2), means such of the
        particulars referred to in any of the provisions of section 4(2)(a)
        and (b) that are sought to be printed on a ballot paper.

(2) For the purposes of section 8(1)(a) and (c), the reference to the Chinese
name or the English name of a prescribed body means the Chinese name or the
English name, as the case may be, of the body as shown on a
relevant certificate of the body.

"annual registration cycle" (年度登記周期)

"applicant" (申請人)

"ballot paper" (選票)

"by-election" (補選)

"candidate" (候選人)

"election" (選舉)

"emblem" (標誌)

"functional constituency" (功能界別)

"identity document" (身分證明文件)

"Member" (議員)

"nomination list" (提名名單)

"objector" (反對者)

"prescribed body" (訂明團體)

"prescribed non-political body" (訂明非政治性團體)

"prescribed person" (訂明人士)

"prescribed political body" (訂明政治性團體)

"register" (登記冊)

"registered" (登記)

"registered trade mark" (註冊商標)

"relevant certificate" (有關證明書)

"relevant cut-off date" (有關截止日期)

"relevant nomination period" (有關提名期)

"requestor" (提請人)

"specified form" (指明表格)

"subject of application" (申請標的)

"subject of registration" (登記標的)

"subject of request" (請求標的)