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10.

Part V (clauses 20 to 22) deals with the

qualifications for candidature and election of members.

11. Clause 20 provides that a candidate must be

registered as an elector under the Electoral Provisions

Ordinance or, in the case of a candidate for a functional

is

constituency for the 1985 election only, that he be so

registered or entitled to be so registered. Further, in

the case of a functional constituency, a candidate must have

a substantial connexion (as defined in clause 2) with that

constituency. A residential qualification of 10 years is

also required for both types of constituency.

Clause 21

sets out the various means by which a person is disqualified

from being nominated as a candidate or continuing to hold

office if he is already elected (e.g. being convicted of

treason or becoming bankrupt). Clause 22 provides that a

person shall not be nominated in an election as a candidate

for more than one constituency.

12.

13.

Part VI (clauses 23 to 28) deals with elections.

Clause 23 provides that the Governor may appoint

a returning officer and assistant returning officers for

each constituency.

Clause 24 casts on the returning

officer the duty of supervising elections.

Clause 25

provides that minor contraventions of electoral