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· Any eligible elector can be nominated as candidates, i.e. candidates need not be Members of the Election Committee. • Each Member of the Election Committee can only nominate one candidate. • The Election Committee shall, on the basis of the list of nominees, cast their votes by secret ballot. A ballot paper is only valid if the number of votes contained in the ballot paper is equal to the number of Members to be returned, and the 40 candidates who obtain the greatest number of votes shall be returned in the election. Members returned by functional constituencies • A total of 28 constituencies: with the exception of the election of the Labour constituency which shall return 3 Members, the election of each of the constituency shall return 1 Member. • 9 constituencies are returned by individual electors: Heung Yee Kuk, Engineering, Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape, Accountancy, Legal, Education, Medical and Health Services, Social Welfare, HKSAR deputies to the NPC, HKSAR members of the National Committee of the CPPCC and representatives of Hong Kong members of relevant national organisations. • 19 constituencies to be returned by eligible body electors: Agriculture and Fisheries, Industrial (First), Industrial (Second), Textiles and Garment, Commercial (First), Commercial (Second), Commercial (Third), Finance, Financial Services, Insurance, Real Estate and Construction, Transport, Import and Export, Tourism, Catering, Wholesale and Retail, Technology and Innovation, Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication and Labour. • Each candidate shall be nominated by no less than 10, but no more than 20 electors of the respective constituency, and no less than 2 but no more than 4 Members from each of the five sectors of the Election Committee. • Each Member of the Election Committee can only nominate one candidate in the functional constituency election. • Electors of each constituency shall elect the LegCo Member of their respective constituency by secret ballot. ■Members returned by geographical constituencies through direct elections • The territories of Hong Kong will be divided into 10 constituencies. Each constituency shall return 2 Members. • Each candidate shall be nominated by no less than 100, but no more than 200 electors of the respective constituency, and no less than 2 but no more than 4 Members from each of the five sectors of the Election Committee. • Each Member of the Election Committee can only nominate one candidate in the direct election of the geographical constituencies. • Electors may select one candidate by secret ballot, and the 2 candidates who obtain the greatest number of votes shall be returned in the election. Procedures for voting in the LegCo ■The passage of bills and motions introduced by the government shall require a simple majority vote of the Members of the Leg Co present. The passage of motions, bills or amendments to government bills introduced by individual Members shall require a simple majority vote of each of the two groups of Members present: Members returned by the Election Committee and Members returned by functional constituencies and geographical constituencies through direct elections. Establishment of the Candidate Eligibility Review Committee ■The HKSAR establishes the Candidate Eligibility Review Committee which is responsible for assessing and validating the eligibility of candidates in the Election Committee, Chief Executive and LegCo elections. Pursuant to the assessment made by the National Security Department of the Police of the HKSAR Government, the Committee for Safeguarding National Security of HKSAR ("Committee on National Security") will decide whether a candidate complies with the legal requirements and conditions for upholding the Basic Law and bearing allegiance to the HKSAR of the People's Republic of China, and issue an opinion to the Candidate Eligibility Review Committee for those who do not comply with the legal requirements and conditions. ■ The Candidate Eligibility Review Committee's decision made pursuant to the Committee on National Security's review advice is not subject to any judicial proceedings. Other Issues The delineation of organisations and eligible corporate electors involved in the Election Committee Subsectors and the functional constituencies of the LegCo, the delineation of geographical constituencies through direct elections, nomination procedures for candidates, the voting method, the composition of the Candidate Eligibility Review Committee, etc., shall be specified by electoral laws introduced by the HKSAR. ■The HKSAR should take measures in accordance with the law to regulate acts that manipulate or sabotage elections. 23 222

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