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- person has been sentenced to imprisonment, whether suspended or not, for a term exceeding 3 months without the option of a fine; or
- (ii) of having engaged in corrupt or illegal conduct in contravention of the Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance (10 of 2000): or
- (iii) of an offence against Part II of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (Cap. 201); or
- (iv) of any of offence prescribed by regulations in force under the Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance (Cap. 541); or".
(f) Repeal section 30(d) and substitute—
- "(d) without limiting paragraph (b), where the election is to be held or is held within 3 years after the date of the person's conviction, is or has been convicted—
- (i) of having engaged in corrupt or illegal conduct in contravention of the Elections (Corrupt and illegal Conduct) Ordinance (10 of 2000); or
- (ii) of an offence against Part II of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (Cap. 201); or
- (iii) of any offence prescribed by regulations in force under the Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance (Cap. 541); or".
(g) In section 49(1)(a)(ii) and (iii). repeal "a corrupt practice or an illegal practice" and substitute "corrupt or illegal conduct".
(h) Repeal section 49(3) and substitute—
- (3) In this section—
- "corrupt or illegal conduct" (舞弊或非法行為) means corrupt or illegal conduct in contravention of the Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance (10 of 2000);
- "election (選舉) includes nomination proceedings and the decisions of the Returning Officer or any Assistant Returning Officer."
(i) In section 55 add—
- "(7) If, at the end of the trial of an election petition, it appears to the Court that a specified person may have engaged in corrupt or illegal conduct at or in connection with the election, the Court is required to provide the Director of Public Prosecutions with a report giving details of the conduct."
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