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Amendment of section 29.

Deletion of Schedule.

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ization, or a name or device which is substantially similar to the name or device of any person or organization, in such a way as to infer, or to be likely to cause, encourage or persuade any elector to believe, that that candidate has the support of that person or organization unless that candidate or his election agent has obtained or received from that person or organization his or its prior consent or permission in writing to such use or publication of that name or device in connec- tion with the election.

(2) No person shall, without reasonable excuse, include or cause to be included in any address, bill, notice, placard or poster referred to in section 19 the name or device of any person or organization, or a name or device which is sub- stantially similar to the name or device of any person or organization, in such a way as to infer, or to be likely to cause, encourage or persuade any elector to believe, that any candidate has the support of that person or organization unless that candidate or his election agent has received or obtained from that person or organization his or its prior con- sent or permission in writing to such inclusion of that name or device in that address, bill, notice, placard or poster.

(3) For the purposes of this section, oral consent or per- mission obtained from any person or organization referred to in subsection (1) or (2) shall not constitute a reasonable excuse.".

Section 29(1) of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "accompanied by a declaration by the candidate in the form set forth in the Schedule made before a Justice of the Peace or a Commissioner for Oaths" and substituting the following-

"and accompanying declaration in such form as may be specified from time to time by the Deputy Chief Secretary for that purpose".

5. The Schedule to the principal Ordinance is deleted.

1987.

Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 9th day of December

Clerk to the Legislative Council.

This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the bill, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of

the said bill.

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Clerk to the Legislative Council.