Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) (LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL) REGULATION - SECT 31

Chief Electoral Officer to send poll cards to electors and authorized representatives

(Past version on 21/01/1998).



"corporate elector" (團體選民)

(1) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), for every contested election, at least
10 days before polling day, the Chief Electoral Officer must send a poll card
to each elector and authorized representative.

(2) A poll card need not be sent to an elector or authorized  representative
if-

   (a)  the Chief Electoral Officer is satisfied, having regard to information
        received from the Registrar of Births and Deaths, that the elector or
        authorized representative is dead; or

   (b)  the Chief Electoral Officer is satisfied that the elector's or
        authorized representative's address as recorded in the final register-

        (i)    does not exist;

        (ii)   refers to a building that has been demolished; or

        (iii)  refers to a building that is not built at the time poll cards
               are to be sent.

(3) A poll card need not be sent under subsection (1) to a corporate elector.

(4) If the Chief Electoral Officer receives notice of the substitution or
replacement of an authorized representative within the 10 days preceding
polling day, that Officer need not send a poll card to the substitute or
replacement authorized representative. The Chief Electoral Officer must inform
that substitute or replacement authorized  representative of the
polling station allocated to him or her in a manner that Officer thinks fit.

(5) If a person is entitled to cast more than one vote at an  election, the
Chief Electoral Officer may send separate poll cards for each vote or send one
poll card for all the votes.

(6) The Chief Electoral Officer must state in the poll card or each poll card
the polling station or stations at which the elector or
authorized representative must cast his or her vote or votes.

(6A) Where an alternative polling station is allocated to an elector or
authorized representative under section 30(4A), the Chief Electoral Officer
must, as soon as practicable, notify, in a manner that Officer considers
appropriate-

   (a)  the elector or authorized representative;

   (b)  the Returning Officer;

   (c)  the Presiding Officer of the polling station previously allocated to
        the elector or authorized representative; and

   (d)  the Presiding Officer of the alternative polling station. (L.N. 65 of
        2000)

(7) In this section "corporate elector" (團體選民) has the meaning
assigned to it by section 3(1) of the Legislative Council Ordinance ( Cap 
542).