Read the full judgment text of CACV 000169/2009 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 23 February 2010.
1. The applicant was a candidate at the 2007 District Council Election. After the election, he lodged a ‘Return and Declaration of Election Expenses and Donations’ (‘The Return’) under section 37 of the Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance (Cap. 544) (‘the Ordinance ’). When he discovered that there were certain minor mistakes in the Return, he applied in High Court Miscellaneous Proceedings No. 1715 of 2008 for an order that he may be permitted to correct his Return. This applicati