Hong Kong Ordinances

VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION ORDINANCE - SECT 54

Appointment of Returning Officers and assistants

(1) The Electoral Affairs Commission shall appoint for each Village a
Returning Officer and such number of Assistant Returning Officers as appears
to the Secretary to be necessary to enable an election to be held for the
Village.

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

(3) An Assistant Returning Officer may, with the authority of the
Returning Officer concerned, perform the functions of Returning Officer.

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

(5) The Government shall ensure that each Returning 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 a Returning 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.