Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS) (LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCIES) (DISTRICT COUNCIL CONSTITUENCIES) REGULATION - SECT 2

Interpretation

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

(1) In this Regulation, unless the context otherwise requires-

"application" (申請) means an application made by a person under section
4(1) for registration in a provisional register;

"claim" (申索) means a claim made under section 15;

"current year" (現年份), in relation to the compilation of a provisional 
register, means the year for which the provisional register is being compiled;

"District" (地方行政區) has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of
the District Councils Ordinance ( Cap 547); (L.N. 284 of 1999)

"District Council constituency" (區議會選區), in relation to the
compilation of a register for any year, means an area which is declared to be
a constituency in the last order made under section 6(1)(a) of the District 
Councils Ordinance ( Cap 547) immediately before the date by which the
register must be compiled under section 32(1) of the Legislative Council 
Ordinance ( Cap 542) for that year; (L.N. 284 of 1999)

"Electoral Registration Officer" (選舉登記主任) has the meaning assigned
to it by section 3(1) of the Legislative Council Ordinance ( Cap 542);

"final register" (正式選民登記冊) means a final register of electors
for geographical constituencies required to be compiled under section
32(1)(b)(i) of the Legislative Council Ordinance ( Cap 542);

"identity document" (身分證明文件) has the meaning assigned to it by
section 3(1) of the Legislative Council Ordinance ( Cap 542);

"Legislative Council constituency" (立法會選區), in relation to the
compilation of a register for any year, means an area which is declared to be
a geographical constituency in the last order made under section 18(2)(a) of
the Legislative Council Ordinance ( Cap 542) immediately before the date by
which the register must be compiled under section 32(1) of that Ordinance for
that year; (L.N. 284 of 1999)

"notice of claim" (申索通知書) means a notice of claim within the meaning
of section 15(6);

"notice of objection" (反對通知書) means a notice of objection within the
meaning of section 14(1);

"objection" (反對) means an objection made under section 14;

"omissions list" (遭剔除者名單) means an omissions list within the
meaning of section 9(1);

"preceding year" (對上一年), in relation to the compilation of a
provisional  register, means the year immediately preceding the year for which
the provisional register is being compiled;

"principal residential address" (主要住址), in relation to a person, means
the address of the only or principal residence (within the meaning of section
28(3) of the Legislative Council Ordinance ( Cap 542)) of that person;

"provisional register" (臨時選民登記冊) means a provisional register of
electors for geographical constituencies required to be compiled under section
32(1)(a)(i) of the Legislative Council Ordinance ( Cap 542);

"register" (選民登記冊) means-

   (a)  a register required to be compiled under section 32(1)(a)(i) of the
        Legislative Council Ordinance ( Cap 542) (that is, a provisional 
        register); or

   (b)  a register required to be compiled under section 32(1)(b)(i) of that
        Ordinance (that is, a final register);

"registration" (登記) means the entry of the name and principal residential
address of a person in a register and "registered" (登記) is to be construed
accordingly; (L.N. 284 of 1999)

"Revising Officer" (審裁官) has the meaning assigned to it by section 3(1)
of the Legislative Council Ordinance ( Cap 542);

"section" (部), in relation to a register, means a part of the register set
apart for a particular Legislative Council constituency under section 3(1);
(L.N. 284 of 1999)

"subsection" (分部), in relation to a register, means a part, within a
section of the register, set apart for a particular District Council 
constituency under section 3(1A). (L.N. 284 of 1999)

(2) In this Regulation, a reference to "existing final register" is to be
construed, in relation to the compilation of the provisional  register for a
particular year, as a reference to the final register-

   (a)  published in the preceding year; and

   (b)  which is in effect by virtue of section 33 of the Legislative 
        Council Ordinance ( Cap 542) at the time the provisional register is
        being compiled. (L.N. 284 of 1999) (L.N. 284 of 1999)

"application" (申請)

"claim" (申索)

"current year" (現年份)

"District" (地方行政區)

"District Council constituency" (區議會選區)

"Electoral Registration Officer" (選舉登記主任)

"final register" (正式選民登記冊)

"identity document" (身分證明文件)

"Legislative Council constituency" (立法會選區)

"notice of claim" (申索通知書)

"notice of objection" (反對通知書)

"objection" (反對)

"omissions list" (遭剔除者名單)

"preceding year" (對上一年)

"principal residential address" (主要住址)

"provisional register" (臨時選民登記冊)

"register" (選民登記冊)

"registration" (登記)

"Revising Officer" (審裁官)

"section" (部)

"subsection" (分部)

"existing final register"