EAC

Proposed Guidelines on Election-related Activities
in respect of the 2002 Chief Executive Election

CONTENTS (MS Word 2000 format)

CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION

Part I : The guidelines

Part II
: Sanction

CHAPTER 2
THE ELECTION COMMITTEE

Part I : Body responsible for electing the Chief Executive

Part II
: Updating the list of EC members

CHAPTER 3
NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES

Part I : Qualifications and disqualification for nomination

Part II
: When and how to nominate

Part III : Validity of nominations

Part IV
: Publication of nominations

Part V : Withdrawal of candidature

Part VI
: Publicity

CHAPTER 4
THE VOTING SYSTEM

CHAPTER 5
POLLING AND COUNTING ARRANGEMENTS

Part I : The venue

Part II
: Rounds of polling and counting

Part III : The poll

Part IV
: The count

CHAPTER 6
ELECTION PETITION AND JUDICIAL REVIEW

Part I : Grounds for lodging an election petition

Part II

: Who could, and when to, lodge election petitions and

appeals

Part III : Judicial review

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

Part I : Types and numbers of agents

Part II
: Qualifications of agents

Part III : Civil Servants acting as agents

Part IV
: Election agent

Part V : Election expense agent

Part VI
: Polling agent

Part VII : Counting agent

Part VIII
: Rules relating to voting and counting

CHAPTER 8
ELECTION ADVERTISEMENTS

Part I : What constitutes an election advertisement

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 EC MEMBERS, PREMISES OF ORGANISATIONS TO WHICH EC MEMEBERS BELONG AND BUILDINGS WHICH EC MEMBERS FREQUENT

Part I : General

Part II
: Visits to living and working places of EC members

Part III

: Electioneering at premises of organisations to which EC

members belong and buildings which EC members

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
PROHIBITION AGAINST CANVASSING ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE POLLING STATION

Part I : General

Part II
: Declaration of a NCZ and NSZ

Part III : Conduct inside the NCZ and NSZ

Part IV
: Penalty

CHAPTER 14
EXIT POLL

Part I : General

Part II
: Conduct of exit polls

Part III : Secrecy of the vote

Part IV
: Identification of interviewers

CHAPTER 15
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 16
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 17
NAMEDROPPING

CHAPTER 18
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 19
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

: The 4 sectors of the election committee and the

subsectors of sectors

Appendix B : List of posting offices for election communication

Appendix C

: Administrative guidelines and licensing conditions for

the issue of public fund-raising permits for

non-charitable purposes-application form for a permit

Appendix D

: Fair and equal treatment of candidates by the print

media

Appendix E : Application procedure for the approval of float design

Appendix F

: Canvassing activities which are forbidden within a no

canvassing zone

Appendix G

: Items of expenses which may be counted towards

election expenses

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

Appendix I : Form of consent of support

INDEX