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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 7, 1910.

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

No. 1.

Rules made by the Governor-in-Council under Section 5 of the Liquor Licences Amendment Ordinance, 1909, (Ordinance No. 46 of 1909), for the election of the Three Justices of the Peace to serve on the Licensing Board, this 5th day of January, 1910,

1. Elections shall take place at such time and place as shall be previously notified by command of the Governor in the Gazette.

2. The First Magistrate hereinafter termed the Magistrate, shall in accordance with any such notification summon to an election the Justices of the Peace and shall preside at the election.

3. The name of every candidate shall be nominated in writing by one elector and seconded by another and the said nominations delivered to the Magistrate not less than four clear days before the day fixed for the election. Every nomination shall be personally handed to the Magistrate by the candidate or by his nominator or seconder.

4. Should the number of candidates duly nominated and seconded not exceed the number of members to be elected, the Magistrate shall make a return to the Governor of the names of the candidates and the names of their nominators and seconders, and the Governor may thereupon declare such candidates duly elected.

Should the number of candidates duly nominated and seconded exceed the number of vacancies to be filled the following further rules shall be observed.

5. The Magistrate or such other person as the Governor may appoint shall preside at the election (the person presiding is hereinafter called "the Presiding Officer ").

6. No elector shall give more than one vote in respect of each seat declared vacant.

7. The voting shall be by ballot.

8. The name of every elector voting shall be recorded by the Presiding Officer.

9. The ballot box shall be opened and the votes counted in the presence of the candi- dates or the duly authorised agent of each candidate.

10. Candidates, as such, shall not be disqualified from voting.

11. In the event of two or more candidates having an equal number of votes, only one of whom can be elected, their names shall be submitted within a period of not less than seven days to another ballot to be publicly notified by the Presiding Officer who shall state the time and place.

12. As to any matters connected with the order of proceeding not hereby provided for, the Presiding Officer shall take such order as he thinks fit.

13. The Presiding Officer shall make a return of the election to the Governor as soon as conveniently may be after the election. The return shall be accompanied, for the Governor's information, by :-

(a.) A list of the candidates with the names of their nominators and seconders.

(b.) A list of the voters who have recorded their votes.

(2.) A statement of the number of votes given for each candidate.

(d.) A statement as to the objections, if any, that may have been taken to the

vote of any elector.

14. On the receipt of the return by the Presiding Officer the Governor shall if satisfied that the foregoing rules have been complied with cause the candidate who has received the largest number of votes (and if there be more than one vacancy the candidates who have received the next largest number of votes, in order according to the number of vacancies) to be informed that he has been duly elected.

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