Chapter:	542	Title:	LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:	L.N. 189 of 2003
Section:	37	Heading:	Who is eligible to be nominated as a candidate	Version Date:	01/10/2004

(1) A person is eligible to be nominated as a candidate at an election for a geographical constituency only if the person- (Amended 25 of 2003 s. 20)

(a) has reached 21 years of age; and
(b) is both registered and eligible to be registered as an elector for a geographical constituency; and
(c) is not disqualified from being elected as a Member by virtue of section 39 or any other law; and
(d) has ordinarily resided in Hong Kong for the 3 years immediately preceding the nomination; and
(e) is a Chinese citizen who is a permanent resident of Hong Kong with no right of abode in any country other than the People's Republic of China.

(a) has reached 21 years of age; and
(b) either-
(i) is both registered and eligible to be registered as an elector for the constituency; or
(ii) satisfies the Returning Officer for the constituency that the person has a substantial connection with the constituency; and (Replaced 48 of 1999 s. 22)
(c) is both registered and eligible to be registered as an elector for a geographical constituency; and
(d) is not disqualified from being elected as a Member by virtue of section 39 or any other law; and
(e) has ordinarily resided in Hong Kong for the 3 years immediately preceding the nomination; and
(f) except in the case of the 12 functional constituencies specified in subsection (3), is a Chinese citizen who is a permanent resident of Hong Kong with no right of abode in any country other than the People's Republic of China.

(a) the legal functional constituency;
(b) the accountancy functional constituency;
(c) the engineering functional constituency;
(d) the architectural, surveying and planning functional constituency;
(e) the real estate and construction functional constituency;
(f) the tourism functional constituency;
(g) the commercial (first) functional constituency;
(h) the industrial (first) functional constituency;
(i) the finance functional constituency;
(j) the financial services functional constituency;
(k) the import and export functional constituency;
(l) the insurance functional constituency.