Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (REGISTRATION) (ELECTORS FOR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES) (VOTERS FOR ELECTION COMMITTEE SUBSECTORS) (MEMBERS OF ELECTION COMMITTEE) REGULATION - SECT 3

Form of the functional constituencies register

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

PART II

FORM OF REGISTERS

(1) A functional constituencies register is to be divided into parts by
reference to functional constituencies so that there is a separate part for
each functional constituency.

(2) An entry in a functional constituencies register, relating to a natural
person, must show the personal particulars of the person. (L.N. 307 of 1999)

(3) An entry in a functional constituencies register, relating to a body, must
show the following particulars-

   (a)  the name and business address of the body; and

   (b)  the name of the authorized representative for the body, if it has been
        furnished to the Electoral Registration Officer. (L.N. 307 of 1999)

(4) The order in which names of electors who are natural persons are to be
arranged in a functional constituencies register is as follows-

   (a)  the names of the electors in Chinese, arranged according to the number
        of strokes of the Chinese characters of their respective surnames, are
        to be recorded first;

   (b)  the names of the electors in English, arranged according to the
        alphabetical order of their respective surnames, must follow the
        entries at paragraph (a). (L.N. 307 of 1999)

(5) If a functional constituency has both corporate electors and electors who
are natural persons, the part of the functional  constituencies register
relating to that constituency is to be divided into 2 parts. The entries
relating to the natural persons are to be contained in one part and the
entries relating to the corporate electors are to be contained in the other.
The entries in the part for the natural persons are to be arranged as
specified in subsection (4). The entries in the part for the
corporate electors are to be arranged as specified in subsection (7).

(6) If a functional constituency has only corporate electors, the entries for
that functional constituency are to be arranged as specified in subsection
(7).

(7) The entries in a functional constituencies register relating to
corporate electors for a functional constituency are to be arranged so that
those with the electors' names in Chinese appear first and those with the
electors' names in English follow. The entries with the electors' names in
Chinese are to be arranged in an order determined by the
Electoral Registration Officer. The others are to be arranged in the
alphabetical order of the names of those electors.