Hong Kong Ordinances

VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION ORDINANCE - SECT 15

Who is eligible to be registered as an elector

(1) Subject to this section, a person is eligible to be registered as an
elector for a Village only if-

   (a)  the person is already registered as an elector for the Village in the
        existing final register for the Village that is in effect; or

   (b)  the person applies in accordance with this Ordinance or the EAC
        Regulations to be registered as an elector for the Village and is
        entitled to be so registered.

(2) Subsection (1)(a) does not apply in relation to the registration of a
person as an elector for a Village in the first provisional, or final,
register for the Village.

(3) A person is not, by virtue of being registered as an elector for an
Existing Village in the existing final register for the Village that is in
effect, entitled to have the person's name included as an elector for the
Village in any subsequent provisional register for the Village if the
Electoral Registration Officer is satisfied on reasonable grounds that the
person has not been a resident of the Village for the 3 years immediately
before the compilation of the register. The Electoral  Registration Officer
may omit the person's name from the final register for the Village.

(4) A person is not eligible to be registered as an elector for an
Existing Village unless the person-

   (a)  is a resident of the Village;

   (b)  has been a resident of the Village for the 3 years immediately before
        the date of application for registration;

   (c)  is an adult, or will be an adult on or before-

        (i)    in the case of registration in the first provisional, or final,
               register for the Village, 3 June 2003;

        (ii)   in any other case, 20 October next following the person's
               application for registration; and

   (d)  is a Hong Kong permanent resident.

(5) A person is not eligible to be registered as an elector for an
Indigenous Village or a Composite Indigenous Village unless the person-

   (a)  is an indigenous inhabitant of the Village, or a spouse or
        surviving spouse of an indigenous inhabitant of the Village;

   (b)  is an adult, or will be an adult on or before-

        (i)    in the case of registration in the first provisional, or final,
               register for the Village, 3 June 2003;

        (ii)   in any other case, 20 October next following the person's
               application for registration;

   (c)  at the time of applying to be registered, satisfies the
        Electoral Registration Officer that the person-

        (i)    holds an identity document; or

        (ii)   has- (A) applied for a new identity card; or (B) requested the
               alteration of the identity card or the issue of a new
               identity card, in replacement of the identity card previously
               issued to the person; and

   (d)  at the time of applying to be registered-

        (i)    if the identity document held by, or previously issued to, the
               person is an identity card, informs the
               Electoral Registration Officer of the identifying number of the
               identity card;

        (ii)   if the identity document held by the person is not an identity 
               card, provides the Electoral Registration Officer a copy of the
               identity  document.

(6) A person who, but for this subsection, would be eligible to be registered
as an elector for 2 or more Existing Villages may be registered for only one
of those Villages of that person's choice.

(7) A person who, but for this subsection, would be eligible to be registered
as an elector for 2 or more Indigenous Villages may be registered for only one
of those Villages of that person's choice.

(8) In subsection (7), "Indigenous Villages" (原居鄉村) includes
Composite Indigenous Villages.

"Indigenous Villages" (原居鄉村)