Chapter Number and Title of Enactment
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Chapter: | 547 | Title: | DISTRICT COUNCILS ORDINANCE |  | |
: If this pencil mark appears at the beginning of a provision, that provision is subject to amendments that are already in operation but have not yet been incorporated in its text.
| Cap 547 | Long title | |
| Cap 547 Part I | PRELIMINARY | |
| Cap 547 s 1 | Short title | |
| Cap 547 s 2 | Interpretation | |
| Cap 547 Part II | DECLARATION OF DISTRICTS, ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICT COUNCILS, DECLARATION OF NUMBER OF ELECTED MEMBERS AND APPOINTED MEMBERS AND DECLARATION OF CONSTITUENCIES | |
| Cap 547 s 3 | Declaration of Districts | |
| Cap 547 s 4 | Establishment of District Councils | |
| Cap 547 s 5 | Number of members to be elected to a District Council and the number of members to be appointed to it | |
| Cap 547 s 6 | Declaration of constituencies | |
| Cap 547 s 7 | Number of elected members to be returned for each constituency | |
| Cap 547 s 8 | Chief Executive in Council may amend Schedule 1, 2 or 3 | |
| Cap 547 Part III | COMPOSITION OF A DISTRICT COUNCIL | |
| Cap 547 s 9 | District Councils to consist of elected members, appointed members and ex officio members | |
| Cap 547 s 10 | An elected member or appointed member taken to have resigned on becoming an ex officio member | |
| Cap 547 Part IV | MEMBERSHIP OF A DISTRICT COUNCIL | |
| Cap 547 Part IV Division 1 | Appointed Members | |
| Cap 547 s 11 | Chief Executive to appoint members and how long appointed members are to hold office | |
| Cap 547 s 12 | Who may be appointed to a District Council | |
| Cap 547 s 13 | Appointed members to accept office | |
| Cap 547 s 14 | Disqualification of appointed members | |
| Cap 547 s 15 | How an appointed member can resign | |
| Cap 547 s 16 | When appointed member's office becomes vacant and appointment of a substitute | |
| Cap 547 Part IV Division 2 | Ex Officio Members | |
| Cap 547 s 17 | Ex officio members to accept office | |
| Cap 547 s 18 | When the office of ex officio member becomes vacant | |
| Cap 547 s 19 | Disqualification of ex officio members | |
| Cap 547 Part IV Division 3 | Elected Members | |
| Cap 547 s 20 | Who is eligible to be nominated as a candidate | |
| Cap 547 s 21 | When person is disqualified from being nominated as a candidate and from being elected as an elected member | |
| Cap 547 s 22 | How long elected member is to hold office | |
| Cap 547 s 23 | Elected members to accept office | |
| Cap 547 s 24 | Disqualification of elected members | |
| Cap 547 s 25 | How an elected member can resign | |
| Cap 547 s 26 | When elected member's office becomes vacant | |
| Cap 547 Part V | ELECTION OF MEMBERS TO A DISTRICT COUNCIL | |
| Cap 547 Part V Division 1 | When an Ordinary Election is to be Held | |
| Cap 547 s 27 | Chief Executive to specify dates for holding ordinary elections | |
| Cap 547 s 28 | Suspension of operation of District Councils to enable ordinary election to be held | |
| Cap 547 Part V Division 2 | Who May Vote at an Election | |
| Cap 547 s 29 | Who is entitled to vote at an election | |
| Cap 547 s 30 | When an elector is disqualified from voting at an election | |
| Cap 547 s 31 | Electoral Registration Officer to publish register for the first ordinary election | |
| Cap 547 Part V Division 3 | Conduct of Elections | |
| Cap 547 s 32 | Vacancy in membership of elected members of a District Council to be declared | |
| Cap 547 s 33 | By-election to be held to fill vacancy in membership of District Councils | |
| Cap 547 s 34 | What requirements are to be complied with by persons nominated as candidates | |
| Cap 547 s 35 | Withdrawal of candidate's nomination | |
| Cap 547 s 36 | Who are validly nominated candidates | |
| Cap 547 s 37 | Candidates entitled to send letters to electors free of postage | |
| Cap 547 s 38 | When ordinary election can be postponed or adjourned | |
| Cap 547 s 39 | What is to happen if insufficient candidates are nominated | |
| Cap 547 s 40 | When election proceedings are terminated or when an election fails | |
| Cap 547 s 41 | System of voting and counting of votes | |
| Cap 547 s 42 | Consequences of non-compliance with requirements of this Ordinance | |
| Cap 547 s 43 | Misnomer or inaccuracy not to affect operation of election document | |
| Cap 547 s 44 | Election to be presumed to be valid | |
| Cap 547 s 45 | Election not to be questioned only because of defect in the appointment of an electoral officer | |
| Cap 547 s 46 | Returning Officer to publish result of election | |
| Cap 547 s 46A | Candidate declared to be returned is presumed to be duly elected | |
| Cap 547 s 47 | Offences by electoral officers with respect to conduct of election | |
| Cap 547 s 48 | Elector not to be required to disclose how vote was cast | |
| Cap 547 Part V Division 4 | Election Petitions | |
| Cap 547 s 49 | Election may be questioned only by election petition made on specified grounds | |
| Cap 547 s 50 | Who may lodge election petition | |
| Cap 547 s 51 | Who may be made respondent to election petition | |
| Cap 547 s 52 | Court to have jurisdiction to determine election petitions | |
| Cap 547 s 53 | Period within which election petition and appeal must be lodged* | |
| Cap 547 s 54 | Court may direct security to be given for costs | |
| Cap 547 s 55 | Court to determine election petition | |
| Cap 547 s 56 | What happens if election petition is withdrawn | |
| Cap 547 s 57 | When an election petition is terminated | |
| Cap 547 s 58 | When respondent can withdraw from election petition proceedings and be substituted | |
| Cap 547 s 58A | Court's determination of election petition suspended before deadline of appeal | |
| Cap 547 s 58B | Court of Final Appeal's determination | |
| Cap 547 s 59 | Acts of person not invalid if determined not duly elected* | |
| Cap 547 s 60 | What is to happen if an elected member is determined not to have been duly elected | |
| Cap 547 Part VA | FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR CANDIDATES IN RESPECT OF ELECTION EXPENSES | |
| Cap 547 s 60A | Interpretation: Part VA | |
| Cap 547 s 60B | Financial assistance payable to candidates | |
| Cap 547 s 60C | Eligibility for financial assistance | |
| Cap 547 s 60D | Amount payable as financial assistance | |
| Cap 547 s 60E | Entitlement to financial assistance not affected by failure of election, but financial assistance not payable if election proceedings are terminated | |
| Cap 547 s 60F | Financial assistance to be paid out of general revenue | |
| Cap 547 s 60G | Recovery of payment of financial assistance | |
| Cap 547 s 60H | How financial assistance is to be claimed and paid | |
| Cap 547 s 60I | Financial assistance not to be paid until disposal of election petition | |
| Cap 547 Part VI | FUNCTIONS, CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN AND PROCEDURE OF A DISTRICT COUNCIL | |
| Cap 547 Part VI Division 1 | Functions of a District Council | |
| Cap 547 s 61 | Functions of a District Council | |
| Cap 547 Part VI Division 2 | Chairman and Vice Chairman of a District Council | |
| Cap 547 s 62 | Election of first Chairman and Vice Chairman | |
| Cap 547 s 63 | Resignation of Chairman or Vice Chairman | |
| Cap 547 s 64 | When office of Chairman or Vice Chairman becomes vacant | |
| Cap 547 s 65 | Election of Chairman or Vice Chairman to be in accordance with Schedule 5 | |
| Cap 547 s 66 | Duties of Chairman and Vice Chairman | |
| Cap 547 s 67 | Chairman or other person presiding to have a casting vote | |
| Cap 547 Part VI Division 3 | Procedure of a District Council | |
| Cap 547 s 68 | District Council may make standing orders | |
| Cap 547 s 69 | District Council may appoint secretary | |
| Cap 547 s 70 | Quorum of a District Council | |
| Cap 547 s 71 | District Council may appoint committees | |
| Cap 547 s 72 | Proceedings of a District Council or a committee not affected by vacancy or defect in membership | |
| Cap 547 Part VII | FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS UNDER THIS ORDINANCE | |
| Cap 547 s 73 | Functions and duties of Electoral Registration Officer and assistants | |
| Cap 547 s 74 | Electoral Registration Officer may specify forms | |
| Cap 547 s 75 | Appointment of Returning Officers and assistants | |
| Cap 547 s 76 | Offence to obstruct or hinder electoral officer | |
| Cap 547 s 77 | Chief Executive may give directions as to exercise or performance of electoral officers' functions and duties | |
| Cap 547 s 78 | Death or incapacity of electoral officer not to terminate authority | |
| Cap 547 Part VIII | LEGAL PROCEEDINGS | |
| Cap 547 s 79 | Proceedings against persons on grounds of disqualification | |
| Cap 547 s 80 | Period within which complaint or information is to be laid | |
| Cap 547 Part IX | CHIEF EXECUTIVE IN COUNCIL TO MAKE REGULATIONS AND AMEND SCHEDULE 4, 5 OR 7* | |
| Cap 547 s 81 | Chief Executive in Council may make regulations | |
| Cap 547 s 82 | Chief Executive in Council may amend Schedule 4, 5 or 7* | |
| Cap 547 Part X | MISCELLANEOUS | |
| Cap 547 s 83 | Designated Officer to give notice of membership | |
| Cap 547 s 84 | Designated Officer to give notice of vacancy | |
| Cap 547 s 85 | Directions by Chief Executive to a District Council | |
| Cap 547 s 86 | Protection of members | |
| Cap 547 s 87 | Transitional: application of section 28 to first ordinary election | |
| Cap 547 Part XI | REPEALS AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS | |
| Cap 547 s 88 | (Omitted as spent) | |
| Cap 547 s 89 | (Omitted as spent) | |
| Cap 547 Sched 1 | NUMBER OF AND DECLARATION OF DISTRICTS | |
| Cap 547 Sched 2 | ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICT COUNCILS | |
| Cap 547 Sched 3 | ||
| Cap 547 Sched 4 | FORMS FOR ACCEPTANCE OF OFFICE | |
| Cap 547 Sched 5 | VOTING PROCEDURE UNDER SECTION 65 OF THIS ORDINANCE | |
| Cap 547 Sched 6 | (Omitted as spent) | |
| Cap 547 Sched 7 | FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: SPECIFIED RATE |
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