Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (REGISTRATION) (ELECTORS FOR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES) (VOTERS FOR ELECTION COMMITTEE SUBSECTORS) (MEMBERS OF ELECTION COMMITTEE) REGULATION - SECT 15

Electoral Registration Officer may send notifications to natural persons eligible to be registered as voters for subsectors

(Past version on 05/10/2001).
(Past version on 10/12/1999).
(Past version on 05/12/1997).
(Past version on 12/11/1997).

(1) To compile a subsector provisional register, the Electoral 
Registration Officer may send a notification to- (L.N. 200 of 2001)

   (a)  (Repealed L.N. 307 of 1999)

   (b)  a natural person who is registered in the existing geographical 
        constituencies final register and who appears to that Officer to be
        eligible to be registered as an elector for a functional constituency;
        and (L.N. 307 of 1999; L.N. 200 of 2001)

   (c)  a natural person who is registered in the existing geographical 
        constituencies final register and who appears to that Officer to be
        eligible to be registered as a voter for a subsector, (whether or not
        the person is eligible to be registered as an elector for a
        functional  constituency). (L.N. 307 of 1999; L.N. 200 of 2001)

   (d)  (Repealed L.N. 307 of 1999)

   (e)  (Repealed L.N. 200 of 2001)

(2) A notification under subsection (1) may state one or more of the following
as may be applicable to the recipient-

   (a)  if the recipient appears to the Electoral Registration Officer to be
        eligible to be registered as a voter for a corresponding subsector but
        not an optional subsector, it may state that the recipient will be
        registered as a voter for the corresponding subsector, unless the
        recipient-

        (i)    elects not to be registered; or (L.N. 255 of 2002)

        (ii)   applies under Part V to be registered as a voter for an
               optional subsector for which the recipient is eligible to be
               registered;

   (b)  subject to subsections (3) and (5), if the recipient appears to the
        Electoral Registration Officer to be eligible to be registered as a
        voter for a corresponding subsector and an optional subsector, it may
        state that the recipient will be registered as a voter for the
        corresponding subsector, unless the recipient- (L.N. 575 of 1997)

        (i)    elects not to be registered;

        (ii)   elects to be registered as a voter for that optional 
               subsector; or

        (iii)  applies under Part V to be registered as a voter for another
               optional subsector for which the recipient is eligible to be
               registered;

   (c)  subject to subsection (4), if the recipient appears to the
        Electoral Registration Officer to be eligible to be registered as a
        voter for an optional subsector, but not eligible to be registered as
        an elector for a functional constituency with a
        corresponding subsector, it may state that the recipient will be
        registered as a voter for the optional  subsector unless the
        recipient-

        (i)    elects not to be registered; or

        (ii)   applies under Part V to be registered as a voter for another
               optional subsector for which the recipient is eligible to be
               registered.

(3) If a recipient under subsection (2)(b) appears to the Electoral 
Registration Officer to be eligible to be registered as a voter for an
optional subsector which is also a listed subsector, the notification may
state that the recipient will be registered as a voter for the listed 
subsector unless the recipient-

   (a)  elects not to be registered;

   (b)  elects to be registered as a voter for the corresponding  subsector;
        or

   (c)  applies under Part V to be registered as a voter for another
        optional subsector for which the recipient is eligible to be
        registered.

(4) If a recipient under subsection (2)(c) appears to the Electoral 
Registration Officer to be eligible to be registered as a voter for an
optional subsector which is also a listed subsector, the notification may
state that the recipient will be registered as a voter for the listed 
subsector unless the recipient-

   (a)  elects not to be registered; or

   (b)  applies under Part V to be registered as a voter for another
        optional subsector or a corresponding subsector (if any) for which the
        recipient is eligible to be registered.

(5) If a recipient under subsection (2)(b) appears to the Electoral 
Registration Officer to be eligible to be registered as a voter for the Heung
Yee Kuk subsector, the notification must state that the recipient will be
registered as a voter for that subsector unless the recipient
elects to be registered for the optional subsector for which he or she is
eligible to be registered.

(6) A notification sent to a person who appears to the Electoral 
Registration Officer to be eligible to be registered as a voter for an
optional subsector must state that the recipient may choose to be registered
for any optional subsector for which the recipient is eligible to be so
registered and that the choice will not affect the recipient's registration
for a functional constituency. (L.N. 307 of 1999)

(7) Where applicable, the Electoral Registration Officer may send one
notification to a person for the purposes of this section and section  13 or
14.