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Emergency (Date of General Election) (Seventh Term of the Legislative Council) Regulation Part 3 Section 7 Part 3 Matters Related or Consequential to Change of Date of General Election 7. Matters arising from change of date of general election

(1) On and after the discontinuation date—
 * (a) a Returning Officer or the Chief Electoral Officer, as the case may be, must continue to perform their functions under sections 26 and 105(7) and (8) of Cap. 541D in relation to the discontinued election;
 * (b) a Returning Officer must send any document referred to in section 86(1)(e), (f), (g) or (h) of Cap. 541D in relation to the discontinued election to the Chief Electoral Officer, who must deal with the document in accordance with section 88 of Cap. 541D (as if the reference in that section to “the date of the election to which they relate” were a reference to the discontinuation date); and
 * (c) a candidate (as defined by section 2(1) of Cap. 541D) must continue to comply with section 105(2)(b) of Cap. 541D in relation to the discontinued election.

(2) The Director of Accounting Services must return the amount of any deposit lodged under section 2(1) of the Legislative Council (Subscribers and Election Deposit for Nomination) Regulation (Cap. 542 sub. leg. C) in relation to the discontinued election to the person who lodges the deposit.

(3) 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