- for the appointment of a new date for the election, the poll or the count by that authority or person; and
- (c) the appointment of a date (being a date not later than 60 days from the date on which the countermanded election would have been held) to hold an election in place of a countermanded election.
(5) Regulations under this section may provide that any contravention of a requirement in or made under the regulations is an offence and is punishable by a fine not exceeding level 2 or imprisonment not exceeding 6 months.
(6) Regulations under this section may provide that—
- (a) where a body corporate is convicted of an offence under these regulations and the offence is proved to have been committed with the consent, connivance of, or was attributable to the neglect or omission on the part of a director, manager, secretary or any other person concerned in the management of the body corporate, the director, manager or secretary or that other person is liable for the offence; and
- (b) where a partner of a partnership is convicted of an offence and it is proved that the offence was committed with the consent or connivance of, or was attributable to the neglect or omission on the part of any other partner or person concerned in the management of the partnership, the partner or that other person is liable for the offence.
(7) In this section, “constituency” (選區或選舉界別) means—
- (a) a geographical constituency; or
- (b) a constituency of any other description by which one or more members may be returned to the Legislative Council under any electoral law.
8. Report on elections
(1) Subject to subsection (5), within 3 months, or such longer period as the Chief Executive may allow in any particular case, of the conclusion of an election, the Commission shall make a report to the Chief Executive on matters relating to that election in respect of which the Commission has any function under this or any other Ordinance.
(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), a report under that subsection shall include a report on any complaint made to the Commission in connection with that election.
(3) The Chief Executive may require the Commission to—
- (a) make a report to him in respect of any matter specified by him relating to an election; or
- (b) conduct a review into any such matter and make a report to him,
