Hong Kong Regulations

DISTRICT COUNCILS (ELECTION PETITION) RULES - RULE 4

Form and substance of election petition

An election petition shall be in the form set out in the Schedule, or a form
to the like effect with such variations as the circumstances may require, and
shall state-

   (a)  in which of the capacities mentioned in section 50 of the Ordinance
        the petitioner, or each of the petitioners, lodges the election
        petition;

   (b)  the date of declaration of result of the election and the person
        declared to be elected by the Returning Officer-

        (i)    in the case of an election which was not contested, in a notice
               containing a declaration for the purposes of section 39(1) of
               the Ordinance published in accordance with regulations in force
               under the Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance ( Cap 541); or

        (ii)   in the case of a contested election, in a notice of result of
               election published in accordance with regulations in force
               under the Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance ( Cap 541);
               and

   (c)  the ground under section 49(1) of the Ordinance on which the election
        is questioned and on which relief is to be sought, setting out with
        sufficient particularity the facts relied on but not the evidence by
        which they are to be proved, and shall conclude with a request setting
        out the particulars of the relief sought.