Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) (LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL) REGULATION - SECT 30

Chief Electoral Officer to assign polling stations for constituencies and Election Committee election and to allocate polling stations to electors and authorized representatives

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(1) The Chief Electoral Officer may assign-

   (a)  for each geographical constituency, one or more polling  stations to
        conduct polling for that constituency;

   (b)  for each special functional constituency, one or more polling 
        stations to conduct polling for that constituency; and

   (c)  for the Election Committee election, one or more polling  stations to
        conduct polling for that election.

(2) If the Chief Electoral Officer so determines-

   (a)  a GC polling station may also be used for polling for one or more
        functional constituencies;

   (b)  an SFC polling station may also be used for polling for one or more
        geographical constituencies and functional constituencies (in addition
        to the functional constituency it is assigned for); and

   (c)  an EC polling station may also be used for polling for one or more
        constituencies.

(3) The Chief Electoral Officer must allocate to each elector and
authorized representative a polling station to cast the vote or votes that
person is entitled to cast at an election.

(4) If an elector is entitled to vote only for a geographical  constituency,
the Chief Electoral Officer must allocate to that elector a polling station
close to the elector's registered residential address, to cast his or her vote
for the geographical constituency.

(5) If at an election, a person is entitled to vote-

   (a)  as an elector for a Part 3 functional constituency but not as an
        authorized representative for a special functional constituency;

   (b)  as an authorized representative for a Part 3 functional  constituency
        (but not as an elector for a special functional constituency or in the
        Election Committee election); or

   (c)  as an elector for a Part 3 functional constituency and as an
        authorized representative for another Part 3 functional constituency,
        the Chief Electoral Officer may allocate to that person his or her GC 
        polling station to cast his or her geographical constituency vote and
        the other vote or votes he or she is entitled to cast at the election.

(6) If at an election, a person is entitled to vote-

   (a)  as an elector for a special functional constituency;

   (b)  as an elector for a special functional constituency and as an
        authorized representative for another special functional constituency;

   (c)  as an elector for a special functional constituency and as an
        authorized representative for a Part 3 functional constituency;

   (d)  as an authorized representative for a special functional  constituency
        and as an elector for a Part 3 functional constituency; or

   (e)  as an authorized representative for a special functional  constituency
        (but not in the Election Committee election), the Chief Electoral
        Officer may allocate to that person his or her SFC  polling station to
        cast his or her vote for the geographical constituency and the other
        vote or votes he is entitled to cast at the election.

(7) If at an election, a person is entitled to vote-

   (a)  in the Election Committee election; or

   (b)  in the Election Committee election and as an authorized 
        representative for a functional constituency, the Chief Electoral
        Officer may allocate to that person an EC polling  station to cast his
        or her vote for the geographical constituency and the other vote or
        votes he is entitled to cast at the election.

(8) Subsection (1) is not to be construed as limiting the Chief Electoral
Officer's power to assign a polling station to conduct the polling for a Part
3 functional constituency.

(9) In this section, in relation to-

   (a)  an elector, a reference to his or her GC polling station is to be
        construed as the GC polling station he or she would have been
        allocated under subsection (4), if he or she was entitled to vote only
        for a geographical constituency;

   (b)  an elector of a special functional constituency (whether or not he or
        she is an authorized representative for another special functional 
        constituency) a reference to his or her SFC polling station is to be
        construed as a polling station assigned for the special functional 
        constituency for which he or she is an elector; and

   (c)  an authorized representative for a special functional  constituency
        (who is not an elector of another special functional  constituency), a
        reference to his or her SFC polling station is to be construed as a
        polling station assigned for the special functional  constituency for
        which he or she is an authorized representative.