determination of an election result;

(v)

enable the Commission to request from the

court a report on any matter relating to an

election petition; and

(vi)

make technical amendments consequent upon

the transfer of the power to make

regulations on electoral matters to the

Commission;

(b) to the Urban Council Ordinance (Cap. 101) and the

Regional Council Ordinance (Cap. 385) provide for the

declaration of the Urban Council area and the

Regional Council area respectively under those

Ordinances and require the Governor in Council in

making those declarations to have regard to

recommendations made by the Commission in relation to

the demarcation of constituency boundaries;

(c) to the District Boards Ordinance (Cap. 366) provide

that the total number of elected members of all the

District Boards shall not be substantially greater or

less than 338 and that

(i) the Governor in Council may declare the

number of Districts proposed to be declared

under section 3(1) of that Ordinance and

assign a name to each such proposed

District;

(ii)

in declaring District boundaries, the

Governor in Council must have regard to the

recommendations made by the Commission in

relation to the delineation of

constituencies for elections to the

District Boards; and

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