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ELECTIONS (CORRUPT AND ILLEGAL
CONDUCT) ORDINANCE

Ord. No. 10 of 2000
A207


"notice" (通知) includes leaflet, circular, placard and poster;

“organization" (組鐵) includes a company, association, Society or other body of persons;

"publish" (發布) means print, exhibit, distribute, post up, publicly announce or make publicly known by any other means, and includes continue to publish;

"returning officer" (選舉主任)—

(a) in relation to an election to elect the Chief Executive, means the person appointed to be the Returning Officer under any law in force providing for the election of the Chief Executive; and
(b) in relation to an election for a Legislative Council constituency, means a Returning Officer appointed for the constituency under section 78 of the Legislative Council Ordinance (Cap. 542), and
(c) in relation to an election for an Election Committee subsector, means a Returning Officer appointed for the subsector under section 78 of the Legislative Council Ordinance (Cap. 542); and
(d) in relation to an election for a constituency of a District Council, means a Returning Officer appointed for the constituency under section 75 of the District Councils Ordinance (Cap. 547), and
(e) in relation to an election to elect members of the Heung Yee Kuk, means the person appointed under section 7 of the Heung Yee Kuk Ordinance (Cap. 1097) to be the Returning Officer for the election; and
(f) in relation to an election to elect the Chairman or Vice- Chairman or a member of the Executive Committee of a Rural Committee, means the District Officer in the Home Affairs Department for the district for which the Rural Committee is established; and
(g) in relation to an election to elect a village representative, means a person appointed to be a Returning Officer under any law in force providing for the election of village representatives,

and—

(i) if the Returning Officer referred to in paragraph (b), (c) or (d) has not been appointed, means, in so far as it relates to the relevant election, the Chief Electoral Officer; and
(ii) if the Returning Officer referred to in paragraph (e) has not been appointed, means the Director of Home Affairs;

"Rural Commite" (鄉事委員會) has the same meaning as in Section 3(3) of the Heung Yee Kuk Ordinance (Cap. 1097);

"valuable consideration" (有值代價) means money or anything worth money;

"value" (價值) means, in relation to goods or a service that is donated, the price that could reasonably be expected to be paid for the goods or service if