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(6) Any candidate who sits or votes in any body to which he bas been elected after the expiry of the period of twenty-eight days mentioned in subsection (1) and without having sent to the secretary such return and declaration shall be liable to a fine of five hundred dollars for every day after such expiry in which he sits or votes in such body without having sent to the secretary such return and declaration.

(7) The return and declaration sent in pursuance of this Ordinance to the secretary shall be kept at his office, and shall, at all reasonable times during the twelve months next after they are received by him, be open to inspection by any person on payment of the fee of one dollar, and the secretary shall, on demand, furnish copies thereof or of any part thereof at the price of fifty cents for every seventy-two words,

(8) After the expiration of the said twelve months the secretary may cause the return and declaration to be destroyed, or if the candidate so require shall return the same to him.

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And I further solemnly and sincerely declare that I will not at any future time make or be a party to the making or giving of any payment, reward, office, employment, or valuable consideration for the purpose of defraying any such expenses as last mentioned, or provide or be a parly la the providing of any money, security, or equivalent for money for the purpose of defraying any such expenses.

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Signature of declarant.

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Signed and declared by the above-named declarant on the

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(Signed)

Justice of the Pence. Commissioner for Oaths.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 8th day of June, 1955.

SCHEDULE.

[B. 23.]

Deputy Clerk of Councils.

(Secretariat 3/3231/55)

CORRUPT AND ILLEGAL PRACTICES ORDINANCE, 1955. DECLARATION BY CANDIDATE AS TO EXPENSES.

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election of

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having been a candidate at the

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do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare that I have paid and no more for my expenses at the said election and that, except a aforesaid, I have not, and to the best of my knowledge and belief, no person has, on my behalf, made any payment, or given, promised, or offered any reward, office, employment, or valuable consideration, or incurred any liability on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of the said election.

And I further solemnly and sincerely declare that, except as aforesaid, no money, security, or equivalent for money, has, to my knowledge or belief, been paid, advanced, given, or deposited by anyone to or in the hands of myself, or any other person, for the purpose of defraying any expenses incurred on my behalf on secount of or in respect of the conduct or management of the said election,