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(g) in relation to an election to elect a village representative, means a person who is an elector under any law in force providing for the election of village representatives;

"electoral law" (選舉法) means—

(a) the Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance (Cap. 541); or

(b) the Legislative Council Ordinance (Cap. 542); or

(c) the District Councils Ordinance (Cap. 547); or

(d) the Heung Yee Kuk Ordinance (Cap. 1097); or

(e) any law in force providing for the election of—

(i) the Chief Executive; or

(ii) village representatives;

"electoral officer" (選舉事務主任) means—

(a) the Chief Electoral Officer; or

(b) a returning officer; or

(c) an assistant returning officer; or

(d) the Electoral Registration Officer; or

(e) any person who is appointed under an electoral law to exercise functions in connection with an election;

"Electoral Registration Officer" (選舉登記主任) means the person holding office as such under section 75 of the Legislative Council Ordinance (Cap. 542), and includes any person appointed to act in the Officer's place when the Officer is absent from duty or the office is vacant;

"force" (武力)—

(a) includes any form of violence or restraint; and

(b) in particular, includes—

(i) inflicting harm on a person (whether physical or mental); and

(ii) causing damage to, or destruction of a person's property;

"group of candidates" (候選人組合)—

(a) means the persons whose names appear on a list of candidates nominated for election to return Members for a Legislative Council geographical constituency, other than persons whose names have, in accordance with section 38 of the Legislative Council Ordinance (Cap. 542), been excluded from or struck out of such a list; and

(b) in relation to a time before the close of nominations for such an election, also means those persons who have publicly declared their intention to stand for election as candidates whose names appear on such a list, but does not include persons who have publicly revoked their declaration of intention to stand at the election;

"Legislative Council" (立法會) means the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region;