Electoral Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2019 gazetted today

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     The Electoral Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2019 was published in the Gazette today (March 1). The Bill amends various pieces of electoral legislation to introduce necessary technical legislative amendments for the 2020 Legislative Council (LegCo) General Election and other public elections.

     "To improve the electoral arrangements, we propose to introduce certain amendments through the Electoral Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2019, including technical amendments concerning the electorate of the functional constituencies, arrangements in the Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance (Cap. 554), as well as various electoral procedures," a Government spokesman said.

     "We plan to introduce the Bill into the LegCo for first and second readings on March 20, 2019. We hope that the Bill can be passed in mid 2019, so that the relevant new measures can be implemented in time for the 2019 District Council Ordinary Election," the spokesman added.

Ends/Friday, March 1, 2019
Issued at HKT 11:00

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