Commission.
The consequential and other amendments contained in Schedule 2
(a) to the Legislative Council (Electoral Provisions)
Ordinance (Cap. 381) and the Electoral Provisions
Ordinance (Cap. 367) and subsidiary legislation under
those Ordinances
(i) require the Governor in Council in
(ii)
declaring geographical constituencies for
the purposes of an ordinary election to
have regard to the recommendations made by
the Commission as regards the delineation
of such constituencies;
confer on the Commission the power to
appoint returning officers under those
Ordinances;
(iii)
empower the Governor to postpone an
election or a poll or adjourn an entire
poll or a count where he considers that the
election, poll or count is likely to be
affected by riot or open violence;
(iv) empower the Governor in Council to make
regulations relating to the amount of or
disposal of any election deposit,
subscribers for a nomination paper,
particulars relating to the system of
voting and counting in any election held
under the Legislative Councils (Electoral
Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 381) and the
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