A BILL
To
Enclosure No.
4
Amend the Corrupt and Illegal Practices Ordinance.
Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Corrupt and Illegal Practices (Amend- Short title. ment) Ordinance 1985.
2. Section 2 of the principal Ordinance is amended—
(a) by deleting the definition of "election agent" and substituting the
following-
(Cap. 367.)
(13 of 1985.)
"election agent" means a person appointed by a candidate in an
election as his election agent-
(a) under regulations made under section 28(d) of the Electoral
Provisions Ordinance; or
(b) under regulations made under section 28(d) of the Legislative
Council (Electoral Provisions) Ordinance 1985;";
(b) in the definition of "election petition", by inserting after “Ordinance” the
following-
(13 of 1985.) "or Part VII of the Legislative Council (Electoral Provisions)
Ordinance 1985";
(c) in the definition of "elector", by inserting after "Ordinance" the following- "or the Legislative Council (Electoral Provisions) Ordinance 1985"; and
(13 of 1985.)
(d) in the definition of "returning officer", by inserting after "Ordinance” the
following-
(13 of 1985.) "or the Legislative Council (Electoral Provisions) Ordinance 1985”.
3.
Amendment of section 2.
(Cap. 288.)
Section 3 of the principal Ordinance is amended by inserting after para- Amendment of graph (aa) the following paragraph-
"(ab) the Legislative Council and to any election to fill vacancies for elected
members of the Legislative Council;”.
section 3.
4. Section 6 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "No" and Amendment of substituting the following-
(13 of 1985.)
"Except where otherwise expressly provided by or under the Legislative Council (Electoral Provisions) Ordinance 1985, no".
section 6.
5. Section 9(2) of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "and to the Amendment of Designated Officer" and substituting the following—
"in the case of an election to the Legislative Council or to the Chief Secretary and to the Designated Officer in the case of any other election".
6.
section 9.
Section 10 of the principal Ordinance is amended by inserting after "16(1)" Amendment of the following--
"or (IA)".
Section 14 of the principal Ordinance is amended—
section 10.
7.
Amendment of section 14.
(a) by inserting after subsection (1) the following—
"(IA) Subsection (1)(c) shall not apply to any election to the Legislative Council."; and