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CHIEF EXECUTIVE ELECTION ORDINANCE
Ord. No. 21 of 2001
A495


(a) in paragraph (d), by repealing “an election” and substituting “a subsector ordinary election”;
(b) by adding—
“(da) a by-election to fill a vacancy in the membership of the Election Committee;”.

79. Corrupt conduct with respect to voting at elections

Section 16(1)(c)(i) and (ii) is repealed and the following substituted—

“(i) in the case of an election referred to in section 4(a), votes at the election more than once in the same round of voting;

(ii) in the case of an election referred to in any other paragraph of section 4—

(A) votes at the election more than once in the same constituency; or
(B) votes at the election in more than one constituency.”.

80. Court empowered to restrain person from repeating certain illegal conduct

Section 28 is amended—

(a) by repealing subsection (5)(a) and substituting—
“(a) in the case of—
(i) an election referred to in section 4(a), a candidate at the election;
(ii) an election referred to in any other paragraph of section 4, a candidate at the election—
(A) for the same constituency; or
(B) in the case of an election relating to the Heung Yee Kuk or a Rural Committee, for the same body; or”;
(b) in subsection (6), by repealing everything after “made” and substituting “, in the case of an election to elect a village representative, a person specified for this purpose under any law in force providing for the election of village representatives.”.

81. Interpretation: Part 6

Section 36(a) is amended by repealing “specified for this purpose under any law in force providing for the election of the Chief Executive” and substituting “on which the result of the election is published in the Gazette”.