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541I PDFTitle:Electoral Affairs Commission (Electoral Procedure) (Election Committee) RegulationGazette Number:L.N. 210 of 2001
Section:7Heading:How to nominate EC members for religious subsectorVersion Date:12/10/2001

(1) A person is to be nominated as a member representing the religious subsector on the Election Committee by the submission by a designated body of a nomination form in the specified form that complies with section 7 of the Schedule to the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (Cap 569) and this section.
(2) The religious subsector nomination form must contain a declaration by each nominee to the effect that he or she-

        (a) is eligible to be nominated as a member representing the religious subsector on the Election Committee;
        (b) is not disqualified from being so nominated;
        (c) consents to being so nominated; and
        (d) consents to the order of priority in which nominees are ranked in the religious subsector nomination form for the purposes of section 7(4) of the Schedule to the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (Cap 569).
(3) A designated body must nominate all its nominees on one religious subsector nomination form.
(4) The religious subsector nomination form must be signed by each nominee. It must also be signed on behalf of the designated body by a person authorized by the designated body for that purpose.
(5) The religious subsector nomination form must contain other particulars, if any, required to be furnished on that form.
(6) The Returning Officer may require a designated body or a person who is being nominated under this section or both to furnish any other information that Officer considers appropriate to be satisfied-
        (a) that the person is eligible to be a member representing the religious subsector on the Election Committee; or
        (b) as to the validity of the nomination.
(7) The religious subsector nomination form must be submitted to the Returning Officer within the period referred to in section 3(3)(c) at the specified address.