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BOUNDARY AND ELECTION COMMISSION BILL
(3) For the purposes of the law of defamation, the publication of any matter relating to a complaint referred to in subsection (2) in any communica- tion, report or statement, in writing or otherwise, shall be absolutely privileged.
7.
Regulations
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Commission may by regulation provide for--
(a) as regards an election---
(i) the registration of electors;
(ii) the determination of the appropriate constituency for the
purposes of such registration;
(iii) the form, compilation, revision and correction, and the
manner of publication, of the register; and
(iv) the ascertainment of the qualifications of electors; (5) the conduct or supervision of, and procedure at, an election; (c) without affecting the generality of paragraph (b)——
(i) the procedure for the nomination of candidates in an election, including provision for consent by a candidate for nomination and the withdrawal of a nomination;
(ii) the procedure for lodging any deposit payable in respect of a
nomination;
(iii) the appointment by the candidate of persons to assist him in
an election and other matters relating to such appointments; (iv) the designation of polling stations;
(v) the supervision of polling stations and the regulation of the
ballot;
(vi) the procedure for voting and counting at an election; (vii) the supervision of counting stations;
(viii) the declaration and publication of the results of an election;
and
(ix) the disposal of ballot papers or such other papers after an
clection;
(d) the Commission or such other person as specified in the regulations to require information (being information reasonably required in respect of any matter referred to in paragraph (a)) from a person or class or description of person specified in the regulations;
(e) the countermanding of an election on the ground of the death or
disqualification of a candidate;
(S) the postponement of an election, the adjournment of the poll or the counting of votes in respect of an election, where the
選區分界及選舉事務委員會條例草案
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(3) 就誹謗法面言,在任何書面或其他形式的通訊、報告或陳述中發表與第(2)款 所指的投訴有關的任何事項,均須有絕對特權。
7. 規例
(1) 在符合第(2)款的規定下,委員會可就以下事項訂立規例——
(a) 在選舉方而
(i)選民的登記;
(ii)為上述選民登記,定出適當的選區或選舉組別;
(iii)選民登記冊的格式、編製、修訂、改正,以及發表的方式;及
(iv) 選民資格的確定:
(b) 選舉的進行及監督事宜,以及選舉的程序;
(c) 在不影響(b)段的一般性的原則下———
(i)在選舉中提名候選人的程序,包括就候選人同意提名及就提名的撤
回訂定條文;
(ii)就提名繳付所需按金的程序;
(iii)由候選人委任協助他
事項:
(iv)投票站的指定;
的人的事宜,以及與該等委任有關的其他
(v)投票站的監管及投票的規管;
(vi)選舉中投票及點票的程序;
(vii) 點票站的監管:
(viii)選舉結果的宣布及發表;及
(ix)選舉結束後選票及其他文件的處置:
(1)委員會或在規例中指明的其他人,可向在規例中指明的人或指明類別的
人要求提供就(a)段所指的任何事項而合理地需要的資料;
(e) 以候選人去世或喪失資格為理由而撤銷選舉;
(f)委員會或在規例中指明的其他主管當局認為某次選舉、投票或點票相 當可能會因或正因颱風或其他惡劣的天氣情況,受到妨礙、打擾、破壞 或嚴重影響的情況下,將該選舉延期,或將該選舉的投票或點票押後;