Li Jiachao’s late submission of the consent type for election announcements

Chief Government Li Jiachao, who received the sixth Hong Kong Main Government Election, petitioned the Substantial Court on June 8 this year, stating that when he ran for election, did not post 3 election bulletins as asked for by the Electoral Affairs Commission A letter asking the court docket to exempt him from punishment. The Large Court docket of To start with Occasion of the Higher Courtroom held a listening to this morning (18) to take a look at the primary summons.The decide handed down a judgment at 4.30 pm today following the decide questioned both events to make clear portion of the prepared memories. The courtroom issued an purchase exempting Li Jiachao from being punished for breaching the prerequisite to give consent on time, but ordered him to pay somewhere around HK $ 64,000 in authorized charges for the case.

The plaintiff in this case is Li Jiachao, who did not attend the listening to nowadays. The defendant is the Secretary of Justice. The defendant added nowadays that the applicant is inclined to pay the fees. According to the initial summons submitted by the appellant to the court, the appellant violated the guidelines of electoral technique (main executive officer) and did not submit the application in one small business working day on 13 and 17 April this yr as asked for by the Electoral Affairs Fee. Info Subject matter Consent Type for election bulletins printed on 18 and 18. The complainant is now asking the courtroom for an buy exempting him from the earlier mentioned obligation and punishment for breach of the obligation.

Scenario quantity: HCMP 697/2022

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