Hong Kong Regulations

BOUNDARY AND ELECTION COMMISSION (REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS) (GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCIES) REGULATION - SECT 7

Powers and procedure on application for registration in provisional register

Caution: This is a past version. See the current version here.

(1) Where the registration officer receives an application for registration
under section 6, he shall as soon as practicable, subject to subsections (2),
(3) and (4), determine-

   (a)  that the applicant is entitled to be registered; or

   (b)  that the applicant is not entitled to be registered. (L.N. 586 of
        1994)

(2) Subject to subsection (4), before making a determination under subsection
(1), the registration officer-

   (a)  may request the applicant in writing to furnish-

        (i)    either further particulars relating to the application or proof
               that he is entitled to be registered in the provisional
               register; or

        (ii)   both such particulars and proof; and

   (b)  shall, where he makes such a request, inform the applicant in writing
        that the registration officer may decide to take no further action as
        regards the application if the particulars are, or the proof is, not
        received by the registration officer within a period specified by him
        or on or before 10 June next following the making of the request,
        whichever is earlier. (L.N. 586 of 1994)

(3) Where an applicant does not furnish particulars or proof to the
satisfaction of the registration officer to be received by him within the
period specified under subsection (2)(b) or on or before the date referred to
in that subsection, as the case may be, the registration officer may decide to
take no further action as regards the relevant application, and where the
applicant does so furnish the particulars or proof, or both

(where applicable), the registration officer shall make a determination under
subsection (1)(a) or (b). (L.N. 586 of 1994)

(4) Where the registration officer is satisfied that any application for
registration in the provisional register received by him is manifestly an
abuse of the registration procedure, he shall take no further action as
regards that application. (L.N. 586 of 1994)

(4A) Where the registration officer is satisfied that an applicant for
registration in a provisional register is registered in the existing final
register, he may take no further action as regards that application. (L.N. 586
of 1994)

(5) Where the registration officer determines under subsection

(1)(a) that an applicant is entitled to be registered as an elector, he shall,
as soon as reasonably practicable-

   (a)  determine, having regard to the address furnished by the applicant as
        his principal place of residence, the part of the provisional register
        in which to register him; and

   (b)  register the applicant in that part, and inform the applicant in
        writing accordingly.

(6) Where the registration officer makes a determination under subsection
(1)(b) or decides under subsection (3) to take no further action as regards an
application he shall, as soon as practicable, inform the applicant concerned
in writing of such determination or decision. (Enacted 1994)