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(i) in section 67, add—
- "(7) If, at the end of the trial of an election petition, it appears to the Court that a specified person may have engaged in corrupt or illegal conduct at or in connection with the election, the Court is required to provide the Director of Public Prosecutions with a report giving details of the conduct.".
(j) Repeal section 5(c) of Schedule 2 and substitute—
- "(c) without limiting paragraph (a), where the nomination is made within 3 years after the date of the person's conviction, is or has been convicted—
- (i) of having engaged in corrupt or illegal conduct in contravention of the Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance (10 of 2000); or
- (ii) of an offence against Part II of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (Cap. 201); or
- (ii) of any offence prescribed by regulations in force under the Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance (Cap. 541); or".
(k) In section 6 of Schedule 2, repeal "Corrupt and Illegal Practices Ordinance (Cap. 288)" and substitute "Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance (10 of 2000)".
(l) Repeal section 14(e) of Schedule 2 and substitute—
- (e) without limiting paragraph (c), where the Election Committee subsector election is to be held or is held within 3 years after the date of the person's conviction, is or has been convicted—
- (i) of having engaged in corrupt or illegal conduct in contravention of the Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance (10 of 2000); or
- (ii) of an offence against Part II of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (Cap. 201); or
- (iii) of any offence prescribed by regulations in force under the Electoral Commission Ordinance (Cap. 541); or".
(m) Repeal section 23(1)(d) of Schedule 2 and substitute—
- "(d) without limiting paragraph (b), where the Election Committee subsector election is to be held or is held within 3 years after the date of the person's conviction, is or has been convicted—
- (i) of having engaged in corrupt or illegal conduct in contravention of the Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance (10 of 2000), or
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