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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1985

and

to

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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

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