Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS) (LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCIES) (DISTRICT COUNCIL CONSTITUENCIES) REGULATION - SECT 19

What is to be contained in final register

(Past version on 19/11/1999).

PART IV

FINAL REGISTER

(1) A final register is to consist of the following-

   (a)  subject to subsections (2) and (3), the names and principal 
        residential address contained in the provisional register for the year
        for which the final register is being compiled, as corrected, where
        appropriate, under section 17 or 18;

   (b)  the name and principal residential address of any person whom the
        Revising Officer has ruled to be entitled to be registered, on a claim
        made by that person (including a claim under section 15(8)(b); and

   (c)  entries, if any, made under section 18(1)(b).

(2) The Electoral Registration Officer must not include in the final register
the names and principal residential address of the following persons-

   (a)  any person in respect of whose registration an objection has been made
        and the Revising Officer has allowed the objection;

   (b)  any person whose claim under section 15(1) or (2) has not been allowed
        by the Revising Officer; and

   (c)  any person whose name has been included in an omissions list, and who
        has not made a claim in respect of it or who has made a claim but the
        claim has not been allowed by the Revising Officer.

(3) If, on an objection or a claim made by a person, the Revising  Officer has
made a ruling as to the section or subsection in which the person is to be
registered, the Electoral Registration Officer must ensure that the person's
name and principal residential address are recorded in-

   (a)  that section under the appropriate subsection; or

   (b)  that subsection.

(4) If, on an objection or a claim made by a person, the Revising  Officer has
made a ruling on the personal particulars of a person, the
Electoral Registration Officer must ensure that those particulars are
corrected and recorded in accordance with the ruling.

(5) In relation to the final register to be compiled for- (L.N. 254 of 2002)

   (a)  a District Council election year, only decisions made by the
        Revising Officer during the period beginning on 15 August and ending
        on 11 September in that year; or

   (b)  a year which is not a District Council election year, only decisions
        made by the Revising Officer during the period beginning on 15 June
        and ending on 11 July in that year, are to be taken into account for
        the purposes of subsection (1)(b), (2),

(3) or (4). (L.N. 254 of 2002) (L.N. 284 of 1999)