Read the full judgment text of CACV 159/1994 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 9 September 1994.
1. We have before us three consolidated appeals. They concern the District Board elections due to take place on Sunday 18th September this year. Each of the appellants has been nominated to stand as a candidate for election but his nomination paper has in each case been rejected by the Returning Officer concerned as invalid on the ground that he is not qualified for nomination as a candidate under s. 18(2) of the Electoral Provisions Ordinance, Cap.367. Section 18(2) states: