Hong Kong Ordinances

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ORDINANCE - SECT 48

Who is entitled to vote at an election

(Past version on 11/07/2003).
(Past version on 21/09/2001).
(Past version on 01/07/2000).
(Past version on 30/07/1999).
(Past version on 03/10/1997).

(1) A person is entitled to vote at an election to return a Member for a
constituency only if the person is registered as an elector for the
constituency.

(2)-(3) (Repealed 25 of 2003 s. 31)

(3A)-(3C) (Repealed 25 of 2003 s. 31)

(4) An elector registered for a constituency is entitled to vote only once at
an election to return a Member for a constituency, unless otherwise expressly
provided by this Ordinance.

(5) A person registered as an elector for a constituency may not be prevented
from voting at an election only because the person's name should not have been
included in the final register prepared for the constituency.

(6) (Repealed 25 of 2003 s. 31)

(7) Subsection (5) does not- (Amended 25 of 2003 s. 31)

   (a)  preclude the Court from making a determination under section  67 ; or

   (b)  affect the person's liability to be charged with, and convicted of, an
        offence relating to voting at the election concerned.

(8) A corporate elector may vote at an election only by its
authorized representative.