Chapter:	576	Title:	VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:	2 of 2003
Section:	22	Heading:	Who is eligible to be nominated as a candidate	Version Date:	14/02/2003

(1) A person is eligible to be nominated as a candidate at an election for an Existing Village only if the person-

(a) is a resident of the Village;
(b) has been a resident of the Village for the 6 years immediately preceding the nomination;
(c) has reached 21 years of age;
(d) is registered, and eligible to be registered, as an elector for the Village;
(e) is not disqualified from voting at the election; and
(f) is not disqualified from being nominated as a candidate at the election, or from being elected as a Resident Representative for the Village, by virtue of section 23 or any other law.

(a) is an indigenous inhabitant of the Village;
(b) has reached 21 years of age;
(c) is registered, and eligible to be registered, as an elector for the Village;
(d) is not disqualified from voting at the election;
(e) is not disqualified from being nominated as a candidate at the election, or from being elected as an Indigenous Inhabitant Representative for the Village, by virtue of section 23 or any other law;
(f) is a Hong Kong permanent resident; and
(g) ordinarily resides in Hong Kong.