### same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Election Ordinance 《選舉條例》

34. ERO’s responsibility regarding communications
(1) A communication that the ERO is required by this Regulation to send by post to a person, in compiling an Existing Villages register or a Market Towns register, must be sent by post to the last address furnished by the person as his or her principal residential address. (5 of 2014 s. 34)
(2) Subject to subsection (4), a communication that the ERO is required by this Regulation to send by post to a person, in compiling an Indigenous Villages and Composite Indigenous Villages register, must be sent by post— (L.N. 12 of 2016)
(a) to the last address furnished by the person as his or her principal residential address; or
(b) if the person has not furnished a principal residential address, to that person’s postal address in Hong Kong.
(3) If, under this Regulation, any communication is sent to a person by the ERO by post, that person is deemed to have received it unless it is returned through the post undelivered to the addressee.
(4) If a person seeking registration or registered in the Indigenous Villages and Composite Indigenous Villages register does not furnish to the ERO the principal residential address or a postal address in Hong Kong, the ERO is not required to send to that person any communication which the ERO, if not for this subsection, would have been required to send to that person by post. But, the ERO may send that communication to that person by any other means that the person has made available to the ERO, if in the circumstances of the case, the ERO considers it appropriate to do so.
(5) Without prejudice to section 12(4), if a person seeking registration or registered in the Indigenous Villages and Composite Indigenous Villages register, does not furnish to the ERO—
(a) the principal residential address;
(b) a postal address in Hong Kong for the ERO to communicate with that person; or
(c) a facsimile number or an electronic mail address for the purpose of receiving communications,

the ERO is not required to send to that person any communication that is required to be in writing (but not required to be sent by post) which the ERO, if not for this subsection, would have been required to send to that person.
(6) In this section, communication (通訊) includes a decision, determination, inquiry, notice or notification.
(L.N. 12 of 2016)

### 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》

2A. Interpretation (Part 1A)
In this Part—
Association (協進會) means the Friends of Hong Kong Association Limited;
designated person (指定人士) has the meaning given by section 1(1) of the Schedule to Cap. 569;
Electoral Registration Officer (選舉登記主任) has the meaning given by section 1(1) of the Schedule to Cap. 569;
relevant body (相關團體) has the meaning given by section 5J(6) of the Schedule to Cap. 569;
Schedule to Cap. 569 (《第569章》附表) means the Schedule to the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (Cap. 569);
specified office (指明職位) has the meaning given by section 1(1) of the Schedule to Cap. 569;

specified period (指明期間), in relation to a new term of office of the Election Committee, means the period—
(a) beginning on the date immediately following the date mentioned in section 2B(11)(a) or (b) or 2C(10)(a) or (b) (as the case may be); and
(b) ending on 7 days after—
(i) the date on which the subsector ordinary election is to be held for that term of office; or
(ii) if different subsector ordinary elections are to be held on different dates for that term of office—the last of those dates;

specified person (指明人士) has the meaning given by section 1(1) of the 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》

6. Notices under sections 3 and 4 to be in specified form
A notice published under section 3 calling for nominations or supplementary nominations and a subsector election notice must be in the specified form.
(14 of 2021 s. 191)

### 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》

7. How to nominate EC members under section 7 of Schedule to Chief Executive Election Ordinance
(14 of 2021 s. 192)(1) A person is to be nominated as an EC member under section 7 of the Schedule to the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (Cap. 569) by the submission by a designated body of a nomination form in the specified form that complies with this section and sections 7 and 7A of that Schedule. (14 of 2021 s. 192)
(2) The designated nomination form must contain a declaration by each nominee to the effect that he or she— (14 of 2021 s. 192)
(a) is eligible to be nominated as an EC member;
(b) is not disqualified from being so nominated;
(c) consents to being so nominated; and
(d) consents to the order of priority in which nominees are ranked in the designated nomination form for the purposes of section 7(4) of the Schedule to the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (Cap. 569).
(2A) The designated nomination form must also contain a declaration by each nominee as required by section 7A of the Schedule to the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (Cap. 569). (14 of 2021 s. 192)
(3) A designated body must nominate all its nominees on one designated nomination form.
(4) The designated nomination form must be signed by each nominee. It must also be signed on behalf of the designated body by a person authorized by the designated body for that purpose.
(5) The designated nomination form must contain other particulars, if any, required to be furnished on that form.
(6) The Returning Officer may require a designated body or a person who is being nominated under this section to furnish any other information that the Officer considers appropriate for enabling the Candidate Eligibility Review Committee to be satisfied—
(a) that the person is eligible to be nominated as an EC member; or
(b) otherwise as to the validity of the nomination. (14 of 2021 s. 192)
(7) The designated nomination form must be submitted to the Returning Officer within the period referred to in section 3(3)(c) at the specified address.
(14 of 2021 s. 192)