Hong Kong Ordinances

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ORDINANCE - SECT 26

Corporate elector to have authorized representative

(1) A corporate elector is required to select one eligible person to be its
authorized representative for the purposes of casting its vote at an election.

(2) A person is eligible to be an authorized representative of a
corporate elector for a functional constituency only if the person-

   (a)  is registered, or is eligible to be and has applied to be registered,
        as an elector for a geographical constituency; and

   (b)  has a substantial connection with the corporate elector; and

   (c)  is not registered, and has not applied to be registered, as an elector
        for the constituency; and

   (d)  is not disqualified from being registered or voting under section 31
        or 53.

(3) A person who is an authorized representative of a corporate  elector is
not eligible to be selected as the authorized representative of another
corporate elector.

(4) A person cannot act as an authorized representative of a corporate elector
unless the person is registered as such a representative by the
Electoral Registration Officer.

(5) A corporate elector may from time to time replace its
authorized representative, but only in the circumstances and manner prescribed
by regulations in force under the Electoral Affairs Commission  Ordinance (
Cap 541). The replacement does not have effect until it is registered by the
Electoral Registration Officer.

(6) An application may be made to the Electoral Registration  Officer for the
purposes of subsection (1) or (5) in accordance with regulations in force
under the Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance ( Cap  541) by the
corporate elector concerned. The application must be in writing and be in the
specified form.

(7) The Electoral Registration Officer may refuse an application made under
subsection (6) only on the ground that the authorized  representative
specified in the application is ineligible to be, or disqualified from being,
such a representative.