### 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》

18. Candidate Eligibility Review Committee to publish notice of particulars of validly nominated candidates
(14 of 2021 s. 201)(1) Within 14 days after the expiry of the nomination period, the Candidate Eligibility Review Committee must publish in the Gazette a notice which complies with this section. (14 of 2021 s. 201)
(2) A notice referred to in subsection (1) must be published for all subsectors referred to in the subsector election notice.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), separate notices may be published for each of the subsectors or one notice may be published for all the subsectors. (14 of 2021 s. 201)
(4) A notice published for a subsector must state the name and address of each validly nominated candidate for the subsector. It must also state the number allocated to each candidate under section 49(4).
(5) A notice under this section must be in the specified form.

19. Candidate Eligibility Review Committee and Returning Officer to publish notice for purposes of sections 7(8) and 25(1) of Schedule to Chief Executive Election Ordinance
(14 of 2021 s. 202)(1) The Candidate Eligibility Review Committee must, within 14 days after the expiry of the period referred to in section 3(3)(c), publish a notice in the Gazette declaring, for the purposes of section 7(8) of the Schedule to the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (Cap. 569), the nominee or nominees who is or are validly nominated as an EC member or EC members.
(2) If, for a subsector—
(a) no more candidates have been validly nominated for the subsector ordinary election than the number of EC members to be elected by the subsector; or
(b) no more candidates have been validly nominated for the subsector by-election than the number of EC members to be returned at the subsector by-election,
the Returning Officer must, for the purposes of section 25(1) of the Schedule to the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (Cap. 569), declare in a notice the candidate or candidates as being duly elected as an EC member or as EC members for that subsector.
(3) A notice under subsection (2) must— (14 of 2021 s. 202)
(a) be published in the Gazette within 14 days after the expiry of the nomination period;
(b) state the name and address of each candidate declared to be duly elected as an EC member; and
(c) be in the specified form.
(14 of 2021 s. 202)

### 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》

20. Returning Officer to notify and declare if validly nominated candidate has died
(L.N. 75 of 2011)(1) A notice under section 23(1) of the Schedule to the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (Cap. 569) is to be given by the Returning Officer concerned as soon as practicable after the death of the candidate is proved to the satisfaction of that Officer. The notice must be given in writing to—
(a) the Chief Electoral Officer; and
(b) if practicable, each candidate who remains validly nominated for the subsector election concerned, to replace the notice under section 16(4).
(2) The Returning Officer under subsection (1) must—
(a) endorse on the subsector nomination form of the deceased candidate that the candidate has died; and
(b) sign the endorsement. (14 of 2021 s. 203)
(3) Declarations under section 23(2) of the Schedule to the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (Cap. 569) are to be made by the Returning Officer concerned as soon as practicable after the death of the candidate is proved to the satisfaction of that Officer. The declarations must be made—
(a) by notice published in the Gazette;
(b) by notice published in any daily newspaper in circulation in Hong Kong;
(c) by a public announcement made by radio or television; or
(d) by such other means as that Officer considers appropriate in the circumstances.
(4) A notice under subsection (3)(a) or (b) must state— (14 of 2021 s. 203)
(a) the name and address of the deceased candidate;
(b) the name of the subsector for which the deceased candidate was nominated; and
(c) the name and address of each candidate who remains validly nominated for the subsector election concerned.
(5) A public announcement under subsection (3)(c) must state—
(a) the name of the deceased candidate;
(b) the name of the subsector for which the deceased candidate was nominated; and
(c) the name of each candidate who remains validly nominated for the subsector election concerned.

### 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》

22. No poll upon death or disqualification of candidate under certain circumstances
(1) If, after the death referred to in section 20(1) or the disqualification referred to in section 21(1)—
(a) the number of candidates remaining validly nominated for—
(i) the subsector ordinary election concerned is equal to the number of EC members to be elected by the subsector; or
(ii) the subsector by-election concerned is equal to the number of EC members to be returned at the subsector by-election;
(b) no candidate remains validly nominated for the subsector election concerned; or
(c) the number of candidates remaining validly nominated for—
(i) the subsector ordinary election concerned is less than the number of EC members to be elected by the subsector; or
(ii) the subsector by-election concerned is less than the number of EC members to be returned at the subsector by-election,
the Returning Officer must, by such means as that Officer considers appropriate in the circumstances, declare that a poll is not to be held for that subsector.
(2) The Returning Officer must in a notice under section 20(3)(a), if any, or in a separate notice— (14 of 2021 s. 205)
(a) in the case of subsection (1)(a), declare, for the purposes of section 25(1) of the Schedule to the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (Cap. 569), the remaining candidate or candidates as being duly elected as an EC member or as EC members;
(b) in the case of subsection (1)(b), declare, for the purposes of section 25(2A) of the Schedule to the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (Cap. 569), no candidate was validly nominated for the subsector election;
(c) in the case of subsection (1)(c), declare—
(i) for the purposes of section 25(1) of the Schedule to the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (Cap. 569), the remaining candidate or candidates as being duly elected as an EC member or as EC members; and
(ii) for the purposes of section 25(3) of that Schedule, the number of EC members returned at the subsector election is less than the number of EC members to be returned at that subsector election.
(3) A separate notice containing a declaration under subsection (2) must—
(a) be published in the Gazette as soon as practicable;
(b) if applicable, state the name and address of each candidate declared to be duly elected as an EC member; and
(c) be in the specified form.
(14 of 2021 s. 205)