constituency, and the result thereof published, in accordance
with regulations made under section 28.
(2) No by-election to fill a vacancy under this section
shall be held
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(a)
(b)
within the 4 months preceding the fourth
anniversary of the latest ordinary election held
under this Part; or
in any other case, after the publication in the
Gazette of an order of the Governor dissolving
the Legislative Council,
and any such vacancy shall be filled at the next following
ordinary election held under this Part or at a by-election held
in lieu thereof if such ordinary election for the constituency
concerned is countermanded in accordance with regulations made
under section 28.".
6.
New section added
The Ordinance is amended by adding after section 8 -
"8A.
Residence in Hong Kong
(1) No person shall be entitled to be registered as an
elector in any register unless, at the time he applies for
inclusion in the register, he shows to the satisfaction of the
registration officer that he is resident in Hong Kong and that
the residential address declared by him to the registration
officer for inclusion in such register is his principal place
of residence.
(2) In this section, "principal place of residence" means
a dwelling-place at which a person permanently resides and
which constitutes his sole or main abode.".
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