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Emergency (Date of Election) (Sixth Term Chief Executive) Regulation Part 1 Section 1 L.N. 22 of 2022

Part 1 Preliminary 1. Commencement

This Regulation comes into operation on 24 February 2022.

2. Interpretation

In this Regulation—

'Cap. 541J' (《第541J章》) means the Electoral Procedure (Chief Executive Election) Regulation (Cap. 541 sub. leg. J);

'Cap. 554' (《第554章》) means the Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance (Cap. 554);

'Cap. 569' (《第569章》) means the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (Cap. 569);

Chief Electoral Officer (總選舉事務主任) has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance (Cap. 541);

Chief Executive election (行政長官選舉) means an election to return a candidate for appointment by the Central People’s Government to fill the vacancy in the office of the Chief Executive arising from the expiry of the fifth term of office of the Chief Executive;

discontinuation date (中止日期) means 24 February 2022;