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CAP. 381] Legislative Council (Electoral Provisions)

[1988 Ed.

(3) For the purpose of enabling individuals to vote in an election held under section 3 in 1988 subsection (2) shall have effect in relation to such election as if for "is registered" there were substituted "is registered or entitled to be registered". (Amended 22 of 1988 s. 5)

Restriction on registration

14. (1) A person entitled to be registered in more than one electoral college constituency may be registered in one such constituency only, of that person's choice.

(2) A person entitled to be registered in more than one functional constituency may be registered in one such constituency only, of that person's choice.

Disqualification from voting or being registered

15. (1) A person registered as an elector shall be disqualified from voting at an election, if that person--

(a) in the case of an electoral college constituency, has ceased to be an eligible person by reason of that person having ceased to be a person specified in the second column of the First Schedule; or

(b) in the case of a functional constituency, has ceased to be an eligible person by reason of that person having ceased to be a person specified in the third column of the Second Schedule.

(2) A person shall be disqualified from being registered as an elector, or even if registered, from voting at an election, if—

(a) he has in Hong Kong or any other place been sentenced to death or imprisonment (by whatever name called) for a term exceeding 6 months and has not either suffered the punishment to which he was sentenced or such other punishment as may by competent authority have been substituted therefor or received a free pardon;

(b) there is in force a decision under the Mental Health Ordinance (Cap. 136) that he is of unsound mind and incapable of managing himself and his affairs;

(c) he is a member of the regular armed forces of the Crown, not being-

(i) a locally enlisted member of such forces; or

(ii) a commissioned officer who has previously served as such an enlisted member;

(d) without prejudice to paragraph (a), where the election is to be held or is held within 7 years from the date of his conviction he has been convicted-

(i) of a corrupt practice or of an illegal practice within the meaning of the Corrupt and Illegal Practices Ordinance (Cap. 288), other than the illegal practice consisting of a contravention of any of the provisions of section 19(2) of that Ordinance, or of a corrupt or illegal practice within the meaning of any other enactment providing for the punishment of corrupt or illegal practices;