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CHIEF EXECUTIVE ELECTION ORDINANCE 59. Regulations

Section 7 is amended—
 * (a) in subsection (1)—
 * (i) in paragraph (a)(ii)(B), by repealing “election committee” and substituting “Election Committee”;
 * (ii) in paragraph (c), by repealing “the election committee” and substituting “, or the filling of vacancies in the membership of, the Election Committee”;
 * (b) by adding—
 * “(1A) The Commission may by regulation—
 * (a) prescribe offences for the purposes of section 14(h) of the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (21 of 2001);
 * (b) specify the form and manner of nomination of a candidate for the purposes of section 16(1) of the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (21 of 2001);
 * (c) provide for withdrawal of candidature for the purposes of section 19(2) of the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (21 of 2001);
 * (d) provide for the postponement or adjournment of a poll or the counting of votes in respect of a poll under section 21 of the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (21 of 2001) and the appointment of a new date for the poll or the count.”.

60. Report on elections

Section 8 is amended—
 * (a) in subsection (1), by repealing “subsection (5)” and substituting “subsections (5) and (6)”;
 * (b) by repealing subsection (5) and substituting—
 * “(5) A report under subsection (1) must include—
 * (a) where the election supervised by the Commission is an election of the Chief Executive, a report on the following as appropriate—
 * (i) the formation of the Election Committee; or
 * (ii) the subsector by-election, if any, that precedes the election of the Chief Executive;