Maximum Amount of Election Expenses (Rural Representative Election) Regulation
(Enacting provision omitted—E.R. 3 of 2014)
[28 March 2003]
(Format changes—E.R. 3 of 2014)
In this Regulation—
election (選舉) means a rural ordinary election or a rural by-election respectively under section 20 or 21 of the Election Ordinance; (5 of 2014 s. 61) Election Ordinance (《選舉條例》) means the Rural Representative Election Ordinance (Cap. 576); (5 of 2014 s. 61) elector (選民), in relation to a Rural Area, means a person who is registered as an elector for the Rural Area in the final register for that Rural Area; (5 of 2014 s. 61) final register (正式選民登記冊) has the meaning assigned to it by section 2(1) of the Election Ordinance; rural by-election (鄉郊補選) and rural ordinary election (鄉郊一般選舉) have the meanings assigned to them by section 2(1) of the Election Ordinance. (5 of 2014 s. 61)The maximum amount of election expenses that can be incurred by or on behalf of a candidate at an election for a Rural Area is— (5 of 2014 s. 62)
where there are not more than 1,000 electors for the Rural Area, $18,000;
where there are more than 1,000 electors but not more than 5,000 electors for the Rural Area, $28,000; or
where there are over 5,000 electors for the Rural Area, $38,000. (5 of 2014 s. 62)