（Adopted at the Fifth Session of the Ninth National People's Congress on March 15，2002）

颁布日期：20020315 　实施日期：20020315 　颁布单位：全国人大

　　Article 1 These Measures are enacted¹ in accordance with the Constitution of the People's Republic of China， the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative² Region of the People's Republic of China and the provisions of the third paragraph of Article 15 of the Electoral Law of the National People's Congress and Local People's Congresses of the People's Republic of China and in view of the actual conditions of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

　　Article 2 The election of deputies of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to the Tenth National People's Congress shall be under the direction of the Standing³ Committee of the National People's Congress.

　　Article 3 The number of deputies to be elected from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to the Tenth National People's Congress IS 36.

　　Article 4 Deputies to be elected from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to the National People's Congress shall be Chinese citizens among the residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region who have reached the age of 18.

　　Article 5 A Council for Election of Deputies to the Tenth National People's Congress shall be formed in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The Election Council shall be composed of the ex-members of the Council for Election of Deputies of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to the Ninth National People's Congress， the members of the Ninth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from among the residents or the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region， Who are not ex-members as mentioned above， and members of the Selection Committee for the Second Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region， who are Chinese citizens. However， those who have expressed their unwillingness⁴ to become members of the Election Council shall be excepted.

　　The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall be a member of the Election Council for Deputies to the Tenth National People's Congress.

　　The name list of the members of the Election Council shall be published by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

　　Article 6 The first meeting of the Election Council shall be convened⁵ by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress， at which 15 of its members shall， on the basis of the nomination⁶ made by the Council of Chairmen of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress， be elected to from a presidium. These members shall elect an executive chairman of the Presidium.

　　The Presidium shall preside over the Election Council. The executive chairman of the Presidium shall preside over the meetings of the Presidium.

　　Article 7 The Election Council shall hole its plenary meeting only when more than half of its members are present.

　　Article 8 Members of the Election Council shall attend the Council's meetings and perform their duties in their capacity as individuals.

　　Members of the Election Council are expected to attend the Council's meetings； if a member cannot attend a meeting for special reasons， he/she shall ask the Presidium for leave of absence in advance.

　　No member of the Election Council may， directly or indirectly⁷， demand or accept bribes⁸ from any participants or candidates in the election or seek any other benefits， nor may he/she directly or indirectly try， by offering benefits， to affect the positions held by the participants or candidates in the election.

　　Article 9 The election date shall be determined⁹ by the Presidium of the Election Council.

　　Article 10 Each of the candidates for deputies to the National People's Congress shall jointly¹⁰ be nominated by ten or more members of the Election Council. The number of candidates for deputies jointly nominated by each member shall not be greater than 36.

　　The member of the Election Council who nominates another person as a candidate shall fill in a Letter for Nomination of a Candidate for Deputy of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China to the Tenth National People's Congress.

　　Article 11 Any Chinese citizen from among the residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region， who has reached the age of 18 and who is willing to participate in the election of deputies to the Tenth National People's Congress， shall get and fill in a Participant's Registration¹¹ Form for Election of Deputies of he Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China to the Tenth National People's Congress. The participant shall be liable for the truthfulness¹² of the facts filled in the from， and prior to the closing day for nomination， the Registration Forms filled in by the participants and the Letter for Nomination of a Candidate filled in separately by ten or more members of the Election Council shall be handed in.

　　Where a member of the Election Council is registered as a participant in election， it is necessary for ten or more other members of the Election Council to fill in the Letter for Nomination of a Candidate for him.

　　Article 12 The time for nomination of candidates for deputies shall be determined by the Presidium of the Election Council.

　　Article 13 The Presidium of the Election Council shall publish the name list of， and a brief introduction to， the candidates for deputies to the Tenth National People's Congress and have them printed and distributed to all the members of the Election Council.

　　After the Presidium publishes the name list of the candidates for deputies， members of the Election Council may look up the nomination of candidates.

　　Article 14 Competitive election shall be adopted in which the number of candidates for deputies to be elected by the Election Council to the Tenth National People's Congress shall be 20 to 50 percent greater than the number of deputies to be elected （the number of candidates should be between 44 and 54）。

　　If， by the closing time for nomination of candidates for deputies， the number of nominees¹³ is less than 44， the Presidium shall decide to extend the time for nomination.

　　Article 15 A ballot¹⁴ shall directly be held if the number of nominees is within the proportion of 50 percent for competitive election. If it exceeds the said proportion， a preliminary election shall be held by the Election Council to select from among all the candidates， in the order of the number of votes each candidate has obtained， the first 54 candidates who have obtained the greater number of votes as formal candidates for deputies； if some candidates have obtained equal number of votes so that the number of formal candidates exceeds 54， the said candidates may all be listed as formal candidates.

　　The number of candidates nominated by each member of the Election Council not exceed 36.

　　Article 16 Secret ballot shall be adopted by the Election Council in the election of deputies to the Tenth National People's Congress.

　　When an election is held by the Election Council， if the number of votes cats is greater than the number of voters， the election shall be null and void； if it is equal to or less than the number of voters， the election shall be valid¹⁵.

　　A ballot shall be valid if the number of candidates voted for is equal to the number of deputies to be elected； it shall be nullified if the number of candidates voted for is greater or less than the number of deputies to be elected.

　　Article 17 Candidates for deputies shall be elected only if they have each obtained more than half of the votes cast by the members of the Election Council.

　　Where the number of candidates who have obtained more than half of the votes exceeds the number of deputies to be elected， the ones who have obtained ore votes shall be elected. Where the number of votes for some candidates is tied， making it impossible to determine the ones elected， another balloting¹⁶ shall be conducted for these candidates to resolve the tie， and the ones who have obtained more votes shall be elected.

　　If the number of elected deputies who have obtained more than half of the votes cast is less than the number of deputies to be elected， another election shall be held to make up the difference. When another election is held， the name list of candidates shall be determined by the Presidium in the order of the number of votes they have obtained in the first balloting and according to the proportion for competitive election that the number of candidates shall be 20 to 50 percent greater than that of deputies to be elected. If only one deputy is to be elected， the number of candidates shall be two. When another election is held， the candidates for deputies shall be elected only if they have each obtained more than half of the votes cast by the members of the Election Council.

　　Article 18 The Election Council shall have one chief scrutineer and a number of scrutineers， who shall be nominated b the Presidium from among the members of the Election Council who are not candidates for deputies， subject to approval by the Election Council. The chief scrutineer and the other scrutineers shall supervise the distribution， casting and counting of votes.

　　Article 19 A ballot box is furnished to each section of seats at the meeting place， and members of the Election Council shall cast their votes into the boxes designated for their sections of seats respectively.

　　When vote-casting begins， the chief scrutineer and the other scrutineers shall cast their votes first， and then the members of the Presidium and the other members of the Election Council shall cast their votes in order.

　　No member of the Election Council may vote by proxy¹⁷.

　　Article 20 The Presidium of the Election Council shall accept complaints about the election of deputies to the Tenth National People's Congress and transmit the complaints to the Credentials¹⁸ Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

　　The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress shall， on the basis of the report of the Credentials Committee， affirm the qualification of the deputies and publish the name list of the deputies.

　　Article 21 The Presidium of the Election Council shall accept complaints about the election of deputies to the Tenth National People's Congress and transmit the complaints to the Credentials Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for handling.

　　Article 22 Deputies of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to the Tenth National People's Congress may submit their resignations to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress， which shall announce the resignations upon its decision to accept them.

　　Article 23 When the post of a deputy of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to the Tenth National People's Congress becomes vacant for one reason or another， one of the candidates who have failed in the election of deputies of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to the Tenth National People's Congress may fill the vacancy¹⁹ in the order of the number of votes they have obtained； however， the number of votes obtained by the candidate who is to fill the vacancy shall not be less than one-third of all the votes.

　　Where the number of votes for some candidates who have failed in the election of deputies to the Tenth National People's Congress is tied， making it impossible to determine the order of the candidates for filling the vacancies²⁰ of the deputies' posts， the Presidium shall decide to conduct another balloting for these candidates to resolve the tie and determine the order according to the number of votes each candidate has obtained.