Hong Kong Regulations

PARTICULARS RELATING TO CANDIDATES ON BALLOT PAPERS (LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND DISTRICT COUNCILS) REGULATION - SECT 4

Request by candidate on nomination list with more than one candidate

Caution: This is a past version. See the current version here.

(1) This section applies to a candidate on a nomination list with more than
one candidate.

(2) A candidate to whom this section applies may, during the
relevant nomination period, request the Commission to print the following
particulars on a ballot paper as particulars relating to the candidate and the
other candidate or candidates on the nomination list concerned—

   (a)  where there are 2 candidates on the list—

        (i)    the particulars described in subsection (3);

        (ii)   a personal photograph of one or both of the candidates on the
               list; or

   (b)  where there are 3 or more candidates on the list—

        (i)    the particulars described in subsection (4);

        (ii)   a personal photograph of any one or more of the candidates on
               the list.

(3) The particulars referred to in subsection (2)(a)(i) are the particulars
set out in any one of the following paragraphs, with or without the
particulars specified in item 4 of the Schedule—

   (a)  the particulars specified in item 1 or item 2 or both of the Schedule
        and relating to not more than 3 prescribed bodies;

   (b)  the particulars specified in item 3 of the Schedule and relating to
        one or both of the candidates on the nomination list concerned;

   (c)  the particulars specified in item 1 or item 2 or both of the Schedule
        and relating to one prescribed body, and the particulars specified in
        item 3 of the Schedule and relating to one or both of the candidates
        on the nomination list concerned; or

   (d)  the particulars specified in item 1 or item 2 or both of the Schedule
        and relating to 2 prescribed bodies, and the particulars specified in
        item 3 of the Schedule and relating to one of the candidates on the
        nomination list concerned. (L.N. 19 of 2004)

(4) The particulars referred to in subsection (2)(b)(i) are the particulars
set out in any one of the following paragraphs, with or without the
particulars specified in item 4 of the Schedule—

   (a)  the particulars specified in item 1 or item 2 or both of the Schedule
        and relating to not more than 3 prescribed bodies;

   (b)  the particulars specified in item 3 of the Schedule and relating to
        not more than 3 candidates on the nomination list concerned;

   (c)  the particulars specified in item 1 or item 2 or both of the Schedule
        and relating to one prescribed body, and the particulars specified in
        item 3 of the Schedule and relating to not more than 2 candidates on
        the nomination list concerned; or

   (d)  the particulars specified in item 1 or item 2 or both of the Schedule
        and relating to 2 prescribed bodies, and the particulars specified in
        item 3 of the Schedule and relating to one of the candidates on the
        nomination list concerned. (L.N. 19 of 2004)

(5) A request made under subsection (2)—

   (a)  must be in the specified form and signed by the requestor and the
        other candidate or candidates on the nomination list concerned;

   (b)  must contain the name and address of the requestor;

   (c)  must indicate that the requestor requests that the subject of  request
        be printed on a ballot paper as particulars relating to the requestor
        and the other candidate or candidates on the nomination list
        concerned;

   (d)  must set out the particulars of the subject of request and, where the
        subject of request includes one or more photographs, must be
        accompanied by the photograph or photographs and particulars to
        identify the candidate or candidates shown on the photograph or
        photographs; (L.N. 19 of 2004)

   (e)  where the subject of request relates to one or more prescribed bodies,
        must be accompanied by a consent given, during the relevant 
        nomination period, by the body or each of the bodies, as the case may
        be, in relation to the request in accordance with section 5(1); and
        (L.N. 19 of 2004)

   (f)  where the subject of request includes the particulars specified in
        item 4 of the Schedule, must specify the candidate or candidates to
        whom the particulars relate. (L.N. 19 of 2004)

(6) A requestor may, during the relevant nomination period, by notice in
writing given to the Commission, withdraw a request made under subsection (2).

(7) If a candidate to whom this section applies has, during the
relevant nomination period, made a request under subsection (2) and the
request is not withdrawn under subsection (6) or is not deemed to have been
withdrawn under section 5(3)—

   (a)  the candidate must not, during that nomination period, make a further
        request under subsection (2); and

   (b)  the other candidate or candidates on the nomination list concerned
        must not, during that nomination period, make any other request under
        subsection (2).