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ELECTIONS (CORRUPT AND ILLEGAL
CONDUCT) ORDINANCE

Ord. No. 10 of 2000
A201


(b) in relation to an Election Committee subsector election, the relevant Election Committee subsector; or
(c) in relation to a District Council election, an area declared to be a constituency under section 6(1) of the District Councils Ordinance (Cap. 547);

"corporate elector" (團體選民) has the same meaning as in section 3(1) of the Legislative Council Ordinance (Cap. 542);

"Court" means the Court of First Instance;

"duress" (脅迫手段) includes causing financial loss to a person by duress;

"election" (選舉) means an election to which this Ordinance applies;

"election advertisement" (選舉廣告), in relation to an election, means—

(a) a publicly exhibited notice; or
(b) a notice delivered by hand or electronic transmission; or
(c) a public announcement made by radio or television or by video or cinematographic film; or
(d) any other form of publication,

published for the purpose of promoting or prejudicing the election of a candidate or candidates at the election;

"election agent" (選舉代理人) means a person who is appointed in writing by a candidate at an election to be an election agent for the candidate at the election;

"election appeal" (選舉上訴) means an appeal to a Revising Officer under section 32 of Schedule 2 to the Legislative Council Ordinance (Cap. 542);

"Election Committee" (選舉委員會) means the Election Committee constituted in accordance with Part IV of the Legislative Council Ordinance (Cap. 542);

"Election Committee subsector" (選舉委員會界別分組) means a subsector represented on the Election Committee as provided by section 1(4) of Schedule 2 to the Legislative Council Ordinance (Cap. 542);

"election donation" (選舉捐贈), in relation to a candidate or candidates at an election, means any of the following donations—

(a) any money given to or in respect of the candidate or candidates for the purpose of meeting, or contributing towards meeting, the election expenses of the candidate or candidates;
(b) any goods given to or in respect of the candidate or candidates for the purpose of promoting the election of candidate or candidates or of prejudicing the election of another candidate or other candidates, and includes any goods given incidental to the provision of voluntary service;
(c) any service provided to or in respect of the candidate or candidates for the purpose of promoting the election of the candidate or candidates or of prejudicing the election of another candidate or other candidates, but does not include voluntary service;