Hong Kong Regulations

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (SUBSCRIBERS AND ELECTION DEPOSIT FOR NOMINATION) REGULATION - SECT 5

Disposal of deposit in case of death

(Past version on 23/11/2001).
(Past version on 03/03/2000).
(Past version on 19/12/1997).

(1) Where-

   (a)  a deposit is lodged by a candidate or by a person on behalf of such
        candidate or by a person on behalf of the nominees on a nomination 
        list;

   (b)  the deposit shall be returned to that candidate or that person, as the
        case may be, in accordance with section 3 or 4; and

   (c)  that candidate or that person, as the case may be, dies after the
        deposit is lodged, the deposit shall, notwithstanding those sections,
        be paid to the estate of that candidate or that person, as the case
        may be, and the Returning Officer for the geographical constituency or
        functional constituency concerned shall notify the Director of
        Accounting Services in writing accordingly. (L.N. 14 of 2000; L.N. 206
        of 2001; 25 of 2003 s. 50)

(2) The Director of Accounting Services shall, as soon as practicable after
the receipt of a notification under subsection (1), pay the deposit to the
legal personal representative of the candidate or person referred to in
subsection (1), as the case may be.