HEUNG YEE KUK ELECTION EXPENSES ORDER

HEUNG YEE KUK ELECTION EXPENSES ORDER

HEUNG YEE KUK ELECTION EXPENSES ORDER

(Cap. 288, section 13)

[18 December 1981.1

1. This order may be cited as the Heung Yee Kuk Election
Expenses Order.

2. This order shall apply in relation to the election of a Chairman,
Vice-Chairman, Special Councillor of the Full Council or Ordinary
Member of the Executive Committee of the Full Council of the Heung
Yee Kuk.

3. Subject to paragraphs 4 and 5, for the purposes of section 13 of
the Ordinance, the maximum scale of election expenses shall be

(a)in respect of any fee or fees paid by a candidate to his
election agent, an amount not exceeding $3,000 in the
aggregate;

(b)in respect of all other election expenses, an amount not
exceeding $10,000 in the aggregate.

4. References in paragraphs 3 and 5 to election expenses shall not
include the reasonable travelling expenses of a candidate and the
reasonable expenses of his living at hotels or elsewhere for the
purposes of and in relation to the election.

5. Subject to paragraph 3(a), where a person is a candidate in more
than one Heung Yee Kuk election in any period of 3 months the total
maximum scale of election expenses in respect of those elections shall
be $10,000.
L.N. 397/81. Citation. Application. Limitation of election expenses. Election expense not to include personal expenses. Limitation of expenses for multiple elections.

L.N. 397/81. Citation. Application. Limitation of election expenses. Election expense not to include personal expenses. Limitation of expenses for multiple elections.

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