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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;