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Emergency (Date of Election) (Sixth Term Chief Executive) Regulation Part 3 Section 6 Part 3 Matters Related or Consequential to Change of Date of Chief Executive Election 6. Matters arising from change of date of Chief Executive election

(1) On and after the discontinuation date—
 * (a) the Returning Officer or the Chief Electoral Officer, as the case may be, must continue to perform their functions under sections 14(9) and 87(7) and (8) of Cap. 541J in relation to the discontinued election;
 * (b) the Returning Officer must send any document referred to in section 57(f), (g), (h), (i) or (j) of Cap. 541J in relation to the discontinued election to the Chief Electoral Officer, who must deal with the document in accordance with section 59 of Cap. 541J (as if a reference to the 6-month period in that section were a reference to the 6-month period beginning with the discontinuation date); and
 * (c) a candidate (as defined by section 2(1) of Cap. 541J) must continue to comply with section 87(2)(b) of Cap. 541J in relation to the discontinued election.

(2) Any election expenses incurred at or in connection with the discontinued election by or on behalf of a person are not to be regarded as election expenses incurred by or on behalf of the person at or in connection with the postponed election.

(3) Anything done by a person before the discontinuation date is not to be regarded as a public declaration by the person of the person’s intention to stand as a candidate at the postponed election.