Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (REGISTRATION) (ELECTORS FOR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES) (VOTERS FOR ELECTION COMMITTEE SUBSECTORS) (MEMBERS OF ELECTION COMMITTEE) REGULATION - SECT 6

Entries in a functional constituencies register or subsector register to be in Chinese or English

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

(1) In a functional constituencies register or a subsector  register, the name
of an elector or voter who is a natural person or the name of an
authorized representative is to be recorded-

   (a)  in Chinese, if the person's principal residential address on the
        application for registration as an elector or voter or on the
        specified form for the appointment as an authorized representative, as
        the case may be, is in Chinese; or

   (b)  in English, if the person's principal residential address on the
        relevant application or specified form referred to in paragraph (a) is
        in English. (L.N. 255 of 2002)

(2) In a functional constituencies register or a subsector  register, the name
of a corporate elector or a corporate voter is to be recorded-

   (a)  in Chinese, if the elector's or voter's name on the application for
        registration as an elector or voter is only in Chinese;

   (b)  in English, if the elector's or voter's name on that application is
        only in English; or

   (c)  in Chinese or English, as determined by the Electoral 
        Registration Officer, if the elector's or voter's name on that
        application is in a language other than Chinese or English. (L.N. 255
        of 2002)