1988 Ed.] Legislative Council (Electoral Provisions) [CAP. 381
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he has in Hong Kong or any other place been sentenced to death or imprisonment (by whatever name called) for a term exceeding 3 months and has not either suffered the punishment to which he was sentenced or such other punishment as may by competent authority have been substituted therefor or received a free pardon;
(d) he has been convicted of treason;
(e) he is a member of any parliament, assembly or council, whether central or local, of any place outside Hong Kong or a salaried functionary of a government of such place;
(f) he is an undischarged bankrupt or, within the previous 5 years, he has either obtained his discharge in bankruptcy or has entered into a composition with his creditors, in either case without paying his creditors in full;
(g) without prejudice to paragraph (c), where the election is to be held or is held within 10 years from the date of his conviction he has been convicted-
(i) of any offence in Hong Kong or any other place in respect of which he has been sentenced to imprisonment, whether suspended or not, for a term exceeding 3 months without the option of a fine;
(ii) of a corrupt practice or illegal practice within the meaning of the Corrupt and Illegal Practices Ordinance (Cap. 288), other than the illegal practice consisting of a contravention of any of the provisions of section 19(2) of that Ordinance, or of a corrupt or illegal practice within the meaning of any other enactment providing for the punishment of corrupt or illegal practices;
(iii) of any offence under the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (Cap. 201); or
(h) on the date of his nomination or of the election he is serving a sentence of imprisonment.
(2) A person shall be disqualified—
(a) from being nominated as a candidate in an election if there is in force a decision under the Mental Health Ordinance (Cap. 136) that he is of unsound mind and incapable of managing himself and his affairs;
(b) from holding office as an elected Member if a decision is made under the Mental Health Ordinance that he is of unsound mind and incapable of managing himself and his affairs, but a person disqualified under this paragraph shall be eligible for re-election if under that Ordinance it is subsequently found that his unsoundness of mind has ceased.
Prohibition on being nominated in more than one constituency
22. No person shall be nominated in an election as a candidate in more than one constituency.