Clause 17 provides for the coming into force of a final
register of electors and permits the registration officer
to correct any minor errors in that register. Clause 18
provides for the appointment of a revising officer to hear
appeals from the decisions of the registration officer.
Clause 19 provides that the Governor in Council may make
regulations relating to the registration of electors,
the form of the registers etc.
9. Part V (clauses 20 to 22) deals with the
qualifications for candidature and election of members.
10. Clause 20 provides that a candidate must be
registered as an elector under the Electoral Provisions
Ordinance and, in the case of functional constituency,
that he must have a substantial connexion with that
constituency. A residential qualification of 10 years is
also required. Clause 21 sets out the various means by
which a person is disqualified from being nominated as
a candidate or continuing to hold office if he is
already elected (e.g. by being convicted of treason or
becoming bankrupt). Clause 22 provides that a person
shall not be nominated in an election as a candidate
for more than one constituency.
11.
Part VI (clauses 23 to 28) deals with elections.
12. Clause 23 provides that the Governor may appoint
a returning officer and assistnat returning officers for
each constituency. Clause 24 casts on the returning
officer the duty of supervising elections. Clause 25
provides that minor contraventions of electoral