Hong Kong Ordinances

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ORDINANCE - SECT 28

Elector to reside in Hong Kong

(1) A natural person is not eligible to be registered as an elector in the
register of geographical constituencies unless, at the time of applying for
registration, the person satisfies the Electoral Registration  Officer-

   (a)  that the person ordinarily resides in Hong Kong; and

   (b)  that the residential address notified in the person's application for
        registration is the person's only or principal residence in Hong Kong.

(2) The Electoral Registration Officer may omit from the final  register of
geographical constituencies the name of an elector if satisfied on reasonable
grounds-

   (a)  that the elector no longer ordinarily resides in Hong Kong; or

   (b)  that the residential address last notified to that Officer is no
        longer the elector's only or principal residence in Hong Kong.

(3) In this section, a reference to a person's only or principal residence in
Hong Kong is a reference to a dwelling-place in Hong Kong at which the person
resides and which constitutes the person's sole or main home.