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108. Requirements applicable to election advertisements
(1) A candidate who publishes an election advertisement must comply with subsection (2) or (3) in relation to—
(a) the advertisement and any information related to the advertisement required by the Commission;
(b) if the publication is by means of displaying the advertisement in the form of a bill or poster within the meaning of section 104E(4) of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Cap. 132), the permission obtained for the purposes of section 104A(1) of that Ordinance; and
(c) if the advertisement is of a kind referred to in subsection (1) or (2) of section 27 of the Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance (Cap. 554), the consent referred to in subsection (1A), (1B), (2A) or (2B) of that section.
(2) A candidate must—
(a) make an electronic copy of the advertisement, information, permission or consent available for inspection on an open platform maintained by the Chief Electoral Officer or a person authorized by the Chief Electoral Officer (Central Platform

109. Court may grant relief for election advertisements
(1) A person who publishes an election advertisement without complying with section 108(1)(a) or (4) may apply to the Court for an order under subsection (2). 
(2) On the hearing of an application made under subsection (1), the Court may make an order excepting the act which would, but for the order, constitute an offence under subsection (9) of section 108, from the relevant requirement under that section, but only if the Court—
(a) is satisfied that—
(i) the non-compliance was due to inadvertence, an accidental miscalculation or any reasonable cause and was not due to bad faith; and
(ii) if the Court requires notice of the application to be given in Hong Kong, the notice has been given; and
(b) believes it to be just that the act be so excepted.
(3) If an application is made under subsection (1), no prosecution against the applicant for not having complied with section 108(1)(a) or (4) may be instituted or carried on until the application is disposed of by the Court.
(4) An applicant is not liable to be convicted of an offence under section 108(9) if the non-compliance by the applicant with section 108(1)(a) or (4) is the subject of an order made under subsection (2).

### 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》

110. Power to seize, etc. election advertisements
The Returning Officer or any person authorized by that Officer may seize and dispose of, or destroy, or obliterate, or cover with any materials that Officer or the person thinks fit, any election advertisement on display and in respect of which any requirement in section 108 has not been complied with.

111. Commission may grant exemption
The Commission may, by notice published in the Gazette, exempt any class or type of election advertisement from the application of any provision of section 108.

112. Interpretation (Part 8)
In this Part—
FR electronic copy or extract (正式登記冊電子文本或摘錄) means an electronic copy or extract of the subsector final register, or of part of the subsector final register, created and maintained under section 113;
obtain access (取覽), in relation to an FR electronic copy or extract, includes causing an electronic device to perform a function so as to obtain access to the data or information contained in the FR electronic copy or extract.

113. FR electronic copy or extract
(1) The Commission may, for the purposes of section 53(5)(b), create and maintain an electronic copy or extract of the subsector final register, or of part of the subsector final register—
(a) to be stored on an electronic platform; and
(b) access to which can be obtained through the Internet by using an electronic device.
(2) An FR electronic copy or extract is to contain the identity document numbers of the voters and authorized representatives and such additional particulars or information that the Chief Electoral Officer thinks fit to include.

### 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》

114. Protection of FR electronic copy or extract
(1) A person commits an offence if the person obtains access to an FR electronic copy or extract without legal authority to do so.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), an individual has legal authority to obtain access to an FR electronic copy or extract if—
(a) the individual is authorized by the Commission to assist in the creation or maintenance of the FR electronic copy or extract and the individual acts in compliance with the terms of the authorization;
(b) the individual is a Presiding Officer or polling officer who is authorized by the Commission to use the FR electronic copy or extract for the purposes of section 53(5)(b) and the individual so uses the FR electronic copy or extract in compliance with the terms of the authorization; or
(c) the individual is authorized by the Commission to assist in making the FR electronic copy or extract available for the use mentioned in paragraph (b) and the individual acts in compliance with the terms of the authorization.
(3) A person commits an offence if the person, without lawful excuse—
(a) damages any data or information contained in an FR electronic copy or extract; or
(b) otherwise tampers with an FR electronic copy or extract to make its operation defective.
(4) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) or (3) is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 2 years.

115. Commission may authorize access to FR electronic copy or extract
(1) A member of the Commission may, for the purposes of section 114(2)—
(a) grant an authorization to an individual; and
(b) determine the terms of the authorization.
(2) An authorization granted to an individual under subsection (1) must—
(a) be in writing;
(b) specify the name and appropriate identification details of the individual; and
(c) set out the terms of the authorization.