10.
Part V (clauses 20 to 22) deals with the
qualifications for candidature and election of members.
11. Clause 20 provides that a candidate must be
registered as an elector under the Electoral Provisions
Ordinance or, in the case of a candidate for a functional
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constituency for the 1985 election only, that he be so
registered or entitled to be so registered. Further, in
the case of a functional constituency, a candidate must have
a substantial connexion (as defined in clause 2) with that
constituency. A residential qualification of 10 years is
also required for both types of constituency.
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. 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.
12.
13.
Part VI (clauses 23 to 28) deals with elections.
Clause 23 provides that the Governor may appoint
a returning officer and assistant 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