Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS) (LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCIES) (DISTRICT COUNCIL CONSTITUENCIES) REGULATION - SECT 14

Person may object to registration of registered person in the provisional register

(Past version on 19/11/1999).

PART III

NOTICE OF OBJECTION, NOTICE OF CLAIM AND CORRECTION OF PROVISIONAL REGISTER

(1) A person who considers that a registered person is not eligible to be
registered-

   (a)  as an elector; or

   (b)  in the section or subsection in which that person's name and
        principal residential address are recorded, (L.N. 284 of 1999) may
        make an objection to the registration of that person in the final
register by lodging a notice ("notice of objection") in accordance with
subsection (2).

(2) A notice of objection must be-

   (a)  in the specified form;

   (b)  addressed to the Electoral Registration Officer; and

   (c)  delivered by the objector in person at the office of the
        Electoral Registration Officer- (L.N. 254 of 2002)

        (i)    if the objection relates to a person registered in a
               provisional register compiled for a
               District Council election year, not later than 29 August in
               that year; or

        (ii)   if the objection relates to a person registered in a
               provisional register compiled for a year which is not a
               District Council  election year, not later than 29 June in that
               year. (L.N. 284 of 1999; L.N. 254 of 2002)

(3) The Electoral Registration Officer may require any person who lodges a
notice of objection to identify himself or herself by such means as that
Officer considers appropriate.

(4) In this section-

"elector" (選民) means any person whose name is included in the existing 
final register; (L.N. 254 of 2002)

"registered person" (已登記的人) means a person whose name is recorded in
a provisional register. (L.N. 284 of 1999)

"elector" (選民)

"registered person" (已登記的人)