Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (REGISTRATION) (ELECTORS FOR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES) (VOTERS FOR ELECTION COMMITTEE SUBSECTORS) (MEMBERS OF ELECTION COMMITTEE) REGULATION - SECT 29

Electoral Registration Officer to publish a notice that provisional register is available for public inspection

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

(1) The Electoral Registration Officer must publish- (L.N. 255 of 2002)

   (a)  every year-

        (i)    in the case of a functional constituencies provisional register
               or a subsector provisional register compiled for a
               District Council  election year, not later than 15 August; or

        (ii)   in the case of a functional constituencies provisional 
               register or a subsector provisional register compiled for a
               year which is not a District Council election year, not later
               than 15 June; or (L.N. 255 of 2002)

   (b)  (Repealed L.N. 200 of 2001)

   (c)  (Repealed L.N. 255 of 2002)

   (d)  in the case of an Election Committee provisional register, not later
        than the date by which the provisional register is required to be
        compiled under section 4 of the Schedule to the
        Chief Executive Election  Ordinance ( Cap 569), (L.N. 200 of 2001) in
        the Gazette and at least one Chinese language daily newspaper and one
        English language daily newspaper in circulation in Hong Kong, a notice
        which complies with subsection (2). (L.N. 307 of 1999; L.N. 255 of
        2002)

(2) A notice under subsection (1) must specify that-

   (a)  a copy of the functional constituencies provisional register, a copy
        of the subsector provisional register or a copy of the Election 
        Committee provisional register (as the case may be) is available for
        public inspection during ordinary business hours during the relevant
        period referred to in subsection (3); and

   (b)  the place or places at which a copy of the functional 
        constituencies provisional register, a copy of the
        subsector provisional  register or a copy of the
        Election Committee provisional register may be so inspected by the
        public.

(3) The Electoral Registration Officer must make available for public
inspection, a copy of the relevant provisional register-

   (a)  in the case of a functional constituencies provisional register or a
        subsector provisional register compiled for-

        (i)    a District Council election year, during the period beginning
               on the date the notice under subsection (1) is published and
               ending on 29 August in the same year; or

        (ii)   a year which is not a District Council election year, during
               the period beginning on the date the notice under subsection
               (1) is published and ending on 29 June in the same year; or
               (L.N. 255 of 2002)

   (ab) in the case of an Election Committee provisional register, during the
        period beginning on the date the notice under subsection (1) is
        published and ending on the seventh day after that date, (L.N. 200 of
        2001; L.N. 255 of 2002)

   (b)  (Repealed L.N. 255 of 2002)

   (c)  (Repealed L.N. 200 of 2001) at the place or places specified in the
        notice during ordinary business hours.

(4) The Electoral Registration Officer may make available for public
inspection, a copy of a specific part of the functional 
constituencies provisional register, the subsector provisional register or the
Election Committee provisional register at a place additional to a place
specified in a notice published under this section, if that Officer considers
it appropriate to do so. The Electoral Registration Officer may determine the
period during which and the times at which it may be so inspected.

(5) The Electoral Registration Officer may require a person who wishes to
inspect a copy of the functional constituencies provisional  register, the
subsector provisional register or the Election Committee 
provisional register, or a copy of a part of those registers, to produce his
or her identity document to that Officer and complete a form furnished by the
Officer.

(5A) Publication of a notice under subsection (1), relating to a
functional constituencies provisional register, is to be treated as the
publication of the functional constituencies provisional register for the
purposes of section 32(1)(a)(ii) or (1A)(a)(ii), as the case may be, of the
Legislative Council Ordinance ( Cap 542). (L.N. 255 of 2002)

(6) Publication of a notice under subsection (1), relating to a
subsector provisional register, is to be treated as the publication of the
subsector provisional register for the purposes of section 14(1)(a) or

(1A)(a), as the case may be, of the Schedule to the Chief Executive 
Election Ordinance ( Cap 569). (L.N. 200 of 2001; L.N. 255 of 2002)

(7) Publication of a notice under subsection (1), relating to an
Election Committee provisional register, is to be treated as the publication
of the Election Committee provisional register for the purposes of
section 4(1) of the Schedule to the Chief Executive Election  Ordinance (
Cap 569). (L.N. 200 of 2001) (L.N. 200 of 2001)