WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1985
and
to
6
the publication
next
remain in force until
of the
register; and for the Chief Justice to appoint a magistrate or other legal officer to act
And Clause a revising officer. as 19 confers, for the purpose of Parts III and IV of the Bill certain regulation making powers upon the Governor in Council. There will be two sets of regulations: one
the detailed procedures for the registration of electors and the
the detailed other
for arrangements
the
of
candidates and supervision of the elections. These regulations will be published as soon as possible after this Bill has been
enacted.
covering
nomination
Part V of the Bill sets out the
the qualifications for candidature. It requires that A candidate must have been ordinarily resident in Hong Kong for the 10 years immediately
of date
nomination and must preceding the
have been registered as an elector on the general electoral roll under
his
the Electoral Provisions Ordinance.
to this
An
There is, however,
latter qualification which matches the
respect
1985 only in
of
exception
for solution proposed compromise electors. In the case of а functional constituency for the 1985 elections only, it shall be sufficient for a candidate to show, if he is not so registered, that he is duly qualified and eligible to be registered as an elector and, of course, he must have a substantial connexion with that constituency. In Clause 22, it is provided that no candidate may be nominated or stand for election in more than one constituency. Finally, in Clause 21, are prescribed the grounds for disqualification from being nominated AS a candidate, which include the holding of any public office and membership of any parliament, assembly council of any place outside Hong Kong.
or
/Parts VI