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9. Returning Officer may assist in preparation of nomination forms
(1) The Returning Officer may assist a designated body in preparing a designated nomination form. (14 of 2021 s. 194)
(2) The Returning Officer may, at the request of a person who proposes to be nominated as a candidate, give assistance in preparing a subsector nomination form.

10. Returning Officer to make available copies of nomination forms for public inspection
The Returning Officer must make available for inspection by the public, at the specified address, during ordinary business hours, a copy of each of the designated nomination forms and subsector nomination forms received by that Officer. Copies of the designated nomination forms must be made so available until the Candidate Eligibility Review Committee makes a declaration of nominees who are validly nominated as EC members under section 7(8) of the Schedule to the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (Cap. 569). Copies of the subsector nomination forms must be made so available until the Returning Officer or the Candidate Eligibility Review Committee makes a declaration for the relevant subsector under section 25, or the Returning Officer publishes a notice of the result of the relevant subsector election under section 35, of that Schedule.
(14 of 2021 s. 195)

11. Returning Officer not to accept subsector nomination form without deposit and to issue receipt for deposit
(1) The Returning Officer may accept a subsector nomination form submitted for the purposes of section 8 only if it is accompanied by the appropriate deposit.
(2) When the Returning Officer receives the appropriate deposit, that Officer must issue a receipt for the amount of the deposit.
(3) In this section and section 13, appropriate deposit (適當的按金) means the amount of deposit to be lodged under the Election Committee (Subscribers and Election Deposit for Nomination) Regulation (Cap. 569 sub. leg. C) for a subsector election.

12. Candidate Eligibility Review Committee to determine whether nominee is validly nominated
(1) The Returning Officer must, as soon as practicable after receiving a designated nomination form—
(a) forward the form to the Candidate Eligibility Review Committee; and
(b) if section 7(6) of the Schedule to the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (Cap. 569) (Schedule to Cap. 569

### meaning assigned to it by section 11(1) of the Schedule to the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (Cap. 569) 《行政長官選舉條例》

14. Returning Officer to have regard to advice of Nominations Advisory Committee
In forming an opinion for the purposes of section 12(6)(a) and (7)(d) or 13(3A)(a) and (3B)(f) as to whether a person is eligible to be, or is disqualified from being, nominated as an EC member or as a candidate, the Returning Officer must have regard to— (14 of 2021 s. 198)
(a) advice given by a Nominations Advisory Committee on an application, if any, made by the Returning Officer regarding the person under the Electoral Affairs Commission (Nominations Advisory Committees (Election Committee)) Regulation (Cap. 541 sub. leg. H); or
(b) advice given by a Nominations Advisory Committee on an application, if any, made by the person or the designated body concerned to the Nominations Advisory Committee under that Regulation or, if advice has not been given, the result of the application.

15. Returning Officer may give opportunity to rectify nomination form
(1) If the Returning Officer detects on a designated nomination form or a subsector nomination form— (14 of 2021 s. 199)
(a) an error or what appears to that Officer to be an error, or an omission, which may amount to a ground for deciding that the nomination form is invalid; or
(b) anything which may affect the validity of the nomination form,
and that Officer considers that it can be rectified within the period referred to in section 3(3)(c) or the nomination period, that Officer may, before forming an opinion for the purposes of section 12(6)(a) and (7)(b) or 13(3A)(a) and (3B)(b), as to whether the designated nomination form or subsector nomination form is valid, as may be appropriate, give the nominee, the designated body or the candidate a reasonable opportunity to rectify it.
(2) A designated nomination form or a subsector nomination form cannot be rectified under this section after the expiry of the period referred to in section 3(3)(c) or of the nomination period.
(14 of 2021 s. 199)

### meaning assigned to it by section 11(1) of the Schedule to the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (Cap. 569) 《行政長官選舉條例》

16. Candidate Eligibility Review Committee to endorse invalid nomination form and Returning Officer to notify candidates of decision as to validity of nomination
(14 of 2021 s. 200)(1) If the Candidate Eligibility Review Committee decides that a designated nomination form or a subsector nomination form is invalid, or that the nomination of a nominee or of a candidate is invalid, the Committee must endorse on the relevant nomination form the decision and the reasons for it. (14 of 2021 s. 200)
(2) The Candidate Eligibility Review Committee must sign an endorsement under subsection (1). (14 of 2021 s. 200)
(2A) The Candidate Eligibility Review Committee must, after deciding whether a person is validly nominated—
(a) inform the Returning Officer of the decision; and
(b) return the designated nomination form or subsector nomination form to the Returning Officer for retention. (14 of 2021 s. 200)
(3) A determination under section 12(2) or a decision under section 12(4) made in relation to a nominee must be sent to the nominee concerned, the designated body that nominated that nominee and the other nominees who are nominated by that designated body. (14 of 2021 s. 200)
(4) The Returning Officer must send a notice of the decision of the Candidate Eligibility Review Committee that a person is validly nominated or is not validly nominated as a candidate— (14 of 2021 s. 200)
(a) to the person concerned at that person’s address given on the subsector nomination form; and
(b) to each validly nominated candidate for the subsector concerned at the candidate’s address given on the subsector nomination form.

17. How nominated candidate is to withdraw candidature
(1) A withdrawal of candidature for the purposes of section 21 of the Schedule to the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (Cap. 569) is to be effected by giving a notice of withdrawal to the Returning Officer in accordance with subsection (2).
(2) The following applies to a notice of withdrawal—
(a) the notice must be in the specified form;
(b) the signature of the candidate on the notice must be attested by a witness;
(c) the notice must be delivered to the Returning Officer by the candidate in person or the candidate’s election agent in person; and
(d) the notice must be so delivered at the specified address.