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542 PDFTitle:Legislative Council OrdinanceGazette Number:E.R. 2 of 2012
Section:82Heading:Chief Executive in Council may make regulationsVersion Date:02/08/2012

(1) The Chief Executive in Council may make regulations for the better carrying out of the purposes of this Ordinance.
(2) In particular, a regulation under this section may provide for all or any of the following-

    (a) the number or qualifications of subscribers required to complete a nomination paper for a candidate or a list of candidates; and
    (b) the amount that a candidate or a list of candidates is required to lodge as a deposit at an election; and
    (c) the forfeiture of the deposit if the candidate or list of candidates fail to obtain a prescribed proportion of the votes cast at the election and for the return of the deposit if the candidate or list of candidates obtain that proportion of votes at the election; and
    (d) the functions and duties of a Revising Officer; and
    (e) appeals to a Revising Officer.
(3) A provision of a regulation may make it an offence, punishable by a fine not exceeding level 2, for a person to contravene a provision of the regulation.
(4) A regulation may-
    (a) make different provisions for different circumstances and provide for a particular case or class of cases; and
    (b) be made so as to apply only in specified circumstances; and
    (c) prescribe fees for the purposes of the regulation.
(5) (Repealed 21 of 2001 s. 71)