EAC

Proposed Guidelines on Election-related Activities in respect of the Election Committee Subsector Elections

CONTENTS (MS Word 2000 format)

CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION

Part I : The Election Committee and the subsector elections

Part II
: The guidelines

Part III : Sanction

CHAPTER 2
COMPOSITION OF THE ELECTION COMMITTEE

Part I : The sectors and subsectors

Part II
: Updating membership of the EC

CHAPTER 3
EC SUBSECTOR ELECTIONS AND NOMINATION

Part I : Purpose

Part II
: The voters

Part III : The voting system

CHAPTER 4
NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES

Part I : Qualification and disqualification for nomination

Part II
: Nominations Advisory Committees

Part III : When and how to nominate

Part IV
: Election deposit

Part V : Validity of nominations

Part VI
: Withdrawal of candidature

Part VII : Notice of nomination

Part VIII
: Publicity

CHAPTER 5
POLLING AND COUNTING ARRANGEMENTS

Part I : Before the poll

Part II
: Inside the polling station

Part III : Outside the polling station

Part IV
: Admission to the polling station

Part V : Conduct inside the polling station

Part VI
: Close of poll

Part VII : The count

Part VIII
: Declaration of result

Part IX
: Disposal of documents

CHAPTER 6
APPEALS

Part I : Appeals against result of an election

Part II

: Appeals in relation to registration of nominees of

religious subsector declared by the RO as members of

the EC

CHAPTER 7
APPOINTMENT AND ROLES OF ELECTION AGENT, ELECTION EXPENSE AGENTS, POLLING AGENTS AND COUNTING AGENTS

Part I : A general view

Part II
: The election agent

Part III : Election expense agents

Part IV
: Polling agents

Part V : Counting agents

CHAPTER 8
ELECTION ADVERTISEMENTS

Part I : General

Part II
: Period and area of display

Part III : Allocation of designated spots

Part IV
: Conditions and limitations on display

Part V : Serial numbering, declarations and copies

Part VI
: Requirements relating to printed election materials

Part VII : Non-compliance and consequences

Part VIII

: Advertisements of political, professional/trade bodies or

other organisations

Part IX
: Free postage of election advertisements

CHAPTER 9
ELECTION MEETINGS

Part I : General

Part II
: Notification to the Police

Part III : Mobile exhibitions

Part IV
: Fund-raising activities at election meetings

CHAPTER 10
ELECTIONEERING AT THE LIVING AND WORKING PLACES OF VOTERS/ARs, PREMISES OF ORGANISATIONS TO WHICH VOTERS/ARs BELONG AND BUILDINGS WHICH VOTERS/ARs FREQUENT

Part I : General

Part II
: Visits to living and working places of voters/ARs

Part III

: Electioneering at premises of organisations to which

voters/ARs belong and buildings which voters/ARs

frequent

Part IV
: Display of election advertisements

Part V : Respect for the decision and privacy

Part VI
: Notification of decision

Part VII : Identification of canvassers

Part VIII
: Sanction

CHAPTER 11
ELECTION BROADCASTING, MEDIA REPORTING AND ELECTION FORA

Part I : General

Part II
: Electioneering on TV and radio

Part III : Advertising through the print media

Part IV
: Election fora

CHAPTER 12
USE OF SOUND AMPLIFYING DEVICE AND BROADCASTING VANS

Part I : General

Part II
: Use of loudspeakers

CHAPTER 13
ELECTIONEERING ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED IN SCHOOLS OR PARTICIPATED BY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Part I : General

Part II
: School pupils

Part III : Electioneering activities in schools

Part IV
: Sanction

CHAPTER 14
PROHIBITION AGAINST CANVASSING ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE POLLING STATIONS

Part I : General

Part II
: Declaration of a NCZ and NSZ

Part III : Conduct inside the NCZ and NSZ

Part IV
: Penalty

CHAPTER 15
EXIT POLL

Part I : General

Part II
: Conduct of exit polls

Part III : Secrecy of the vote

Part IV
: Identification of interviewers

CHAPTER 16
ELECTION EXPENSES AND DONATIONS

Part I : What constitutes election expenses

Part II
: Who may incur election expenses and their limit

Part III : Donations

Part IV

: Return and declaration of election expenses and

donations

Part V : Advance return of donations

Part VI
: Enforcement and penalty

CHAPTER 17
CORRUPT AND ILLEGAL CONDUCT

Part I : General

Part II

: Corrupt conduct relating to nomination and withdrawal

of candidates

Part III : Illegal conduct relating to electioneering

Part IV
: Corrupt conduct relating to electioneering and voting

Part V

: Corrupt and illegal conduct relating to election expenses

and donations

Part VI
: Power of court to excuse innocent acts

Part VII
: Non-compliance with the law and sanction

CHAPTER 18
NAMEDROPPING

CHAPTER 19
ATTENDANCE OF PUBLIC FUNCTIONS BY BOTH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND CANDIDATES

Part I : General

Part II
: Attendance of public functions by government officials

Part III : Attendance of public functions by candidates

CHAPTER 20
COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE

Part I : General

Part II
: To whom a complaint may be made

Part III : Time and procedure for making complaint

Part IV
: Complaints inside the polling station

Part V : The processing of complaints

Part VI
: EAC's report on complaints

Part VII
: Obligations of the RO and the REO

Part VIII
: Sanction for false complaint

APPENDICES

Appendix A

: Sectors and subsectors of the Election Committee

Appendix B

: The subsectors with same names as functional

constituencies and their voters

Appendix C1

: Composition of three pairs of subsectors each

corresponding to one functional constituency

Appendix C2

: Composition of optional subsectors without an

equivalent functional constituency

Appendix D

: A list of 28 functional constituencies and 38 Election

Committee subsectors (their relationship and whether an

elector/voter has a choice)

Appendix E : List of posting offices for election communication

Appendix F

: Administrative guidelines and licensing conditions for

the issue of public fund-raising permits for

non-charitable purposes - application form for a

permit

Appendix G

: Fair and equal treatment of candidates by the print

media

Appendix H : Application procedure for the approval of float design

Appendix I

: Canvassing activities which are forbidden within a no

canvassing zone

Appendix J

: Items of expenses which may be counted towards

election expenses

Appendix K : Support Clean Elections : A Handbook by the ICAC

Appendix L : Form of consent of support

INDEX