Read the full judgment text of HCAL 198/2015 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 22 June 2016.
1. The applicant is now 19 years old. He says he wants to stand for the election as a member of the Legislative Council (“the LegCo”) for the geographical constituency. However, he is prevented from doing so since section 37(1)(a) of the Legislative Council Ordinance (Cap 542) (“LCO”) provides that a person may only stand as a candidate at an election for LegCo if he or she is at least 21 years old (“the minimum candidature age requirement”).