Hong Kong Ordinances

DISTRICT COUNCILS ORDINANCE - SECT 6

Declaration of constituencies

(1) The Chief Executive in Council may, by order published in the Gazette-

(a) declare any area within a District to be a constituency for the purposes
of an election to elect the members of the District Council established for
that District; and

   (b)  give names to those constituencies.

(2) When making an order under subsection (1), the Chief Executive in Council
must have regard to the recommendations made by the Electoral 
Affairs Commission in the last report of the Commission submitted in
accordance with section 18 of the Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance (
Cap 541) for the purposes of the election to which the order relates.

(3) If an order under this section refers to a map that defines the area of a
constituency-

   (a)  the Electoral Registration Officer must ensure that at least one copy
        of the map is kept at that Officer's office and is made available for
        inspection by members of the public during ordinary business hours of
        that office; and

   (b)  the Designated Officer must ensure that at least one copy of the map
        is kept at that Officer's office and is made available for inspection
        by members of the public during ordinary business hours of that
        office.

(4) No charge is payable by a member of the public who wishes to inspect a
copy of the map.

(5) A map certified by the Electoral Registration Officer as a true copy of a
map that defines the area of a constituency is conclusive evidence of the area
of the constituency.