CHIEF EXECUTIVE ELECTION ORDINANCE
Ord. No. 21 of 2001
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- (A) reached 40 years of age on the day on which the vacancy is due to arise; and
- (B) ordinarily resided in Hong Kong for a continuous period of not less than 20 years before the day on which the vacancy is due to arise;
- (ii) in the case of an election to fill the vacancy in the office of the Chief Executive that arises under section 4(b) or (c), will have—
- (A) reached 40 years of age on the polling date; and
- (B) ordinarily resided in Hong Kong for a continuous period of not less than 20 years before the polling date.
14. Disqualification from being nominated
Without prejudice to section 13(1)(c) of the Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance (Cap. 541), a person is disqualified from being nominated as a candidate if—
- (a) he is the Chief Executive and holds the office of the Chief Executive for the second consecutive term;
- (b) he is a judicial officer as defined by section 2 of the Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission Ordinance (Cap. 92);
- (c) he is a prescribed public officer;
- (d) he is adjudged bankrupt under the Bankruptcy Ordinance (Cap. 6) and has not been discharged under section 30A or 30B of that Ordinance;
- (e) he holds a passport or similar travel document other than—
- (i) a Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Passport issued under the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Passports Ordinance (Cap. 539);
- (ii) a certificate of identity within the meaning of the Immigration Ordinance (Cap. 115); or
- (iii) any entry permit issued by an authority in any part of the People’s Republic of China which authorizes its holder to enter any part of the People’s Republic of China;
- (f) he has, in Hong Kong or any other place, been sentenced to death and has not either—
- (i) served the sentence or undergone such other punishment as a competent authority may have substituted for the sentence; or
- (ii) received a free pardon;
- (g) he has been convicted of treason;