Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS) (LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCIES) (DISTRICT COUNCIL CONSTITUENCIES) REGULATION - SECT 18

Electoral Registration Officer to correct entries in provisional register with approval of Revising Officer

(Past version on 19/11/1999).

(1) If the Electoral Registration Officer is satisfied that-

   (a)  an entry in a provisional register is incorrect;

   (b)  an additional entry ought to be made in a final register; or

   (c)  a person whose name is recorded in a provisional register is no longer
        eligible to be registered in that register or in the section or
        subsection in which he is registered, that Officer may, subject to
        subsection (2), in compiling the final  register, correct the entry,
        make the additional entry or remove the entry, as may be appropriate.

(2) The Electoral Registration Officer must not take any action under
subsection (1) unless that Officer-

   (a)  has obtained the approval of the Revising Officer for the proposed
        correction, addition or removal- (L.N. 254 of 2002)

        (i)    in relation to a final register being compiled for a District 
               Council election year, not later than 11 September in that
               year; or

        (ii)   in relation to a final register being compiled for a year which
               is not a District Council election year, not later than 11 July
               in that year; and (L.N. 254 of 2002)

   (b)  has thereafter sent a notice by registered post to the person
        concerned at the last known address of that person informing the
        person of the proposed correction, addition or removal, as the case
        may be.

(3) For the avoidance of doubt, it is stated that the requirement to obtain
the approval of the Revising Officer does not apply to any correction by the
Electoral Registration Officer under section 32(3) of the
Legislative Council Ordinance ( Cap 542). (L.N. 284 of 1999)