Hong Kong Ordinances

VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION ORDINANCE - SECT 51

Appointment of Electoral Registration Officer and assistants

PART 6

APPOINTMENT AND FUNCTIONS OF OFFICERS

(1) The Secretary shall appoint an Electoral Registration Officer and such
number of Assistant Electoral Registration Officers as appears to the
Secretary to be necessary for the purposes of registering persons as electors
at elections.

(2) The Electoral Registration Officer has such functions as are imposed or
conferred on the Officer by or under this Ordinance or the EAC Regulations.

(3) An Assistant Electoral Registration Officer may, with the authority of the
Electoral Registration Officer, perform the functions of
Electoral Registration Officer.

(4) The Secretary shall publish in the Gazette a notice of the appointment of
a person as the Electoral Registration Officer and the Officer's address.

(5) The Government shall ensure that the Electoral Registration  Officer is
provided with such staff as the Officer requires in order to perform the
Officer's functions under this Ordinance or the EAC Regulations.

(6) Expenses properly incurred by the Electoral Registration  Officer in the
performance of the Officer's functions under this Ordinance or the EAC
Regulations are a charge on, and are payable from, the general revenue.