Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) (LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL) REGULATION - SECT 37

Chief Electoral Officer to carry out other duties relating to polling stations

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(1) The Chief Electoral Officer must provide at each polling  station
sufficient compartments as that Officer considers necessary to enable electors
and authorized representatives to vote, screened from observation.

(2) The Chief Electoral Officer must supply to each Presiding  Officer, the
number of ballot papers the Chief Electoral Officer considers necessary for
the constituency or constituencies or the Election Committee  election, as may
be applicable, for which the polling station is to be used for polling. The
Chief Electoral Officer must ensure that the name of any deceased or
disqualified candidate regarding whom notice under section  22A (1) or 22B(1)
is given or declarations under section 22A(3) or 22B(3) are made, and other
information relating to that candidate, if printed on the ballot papers, are
crossed out by stamping the words "已故" and

"DECEASED" or "喪失資格" and "DISQUALIFIED", as the case may require.

(3) The Chief Electoral Officer must also supply to the Presiding  Officer a
copy of the appropriate part of the final register or registers.

(4) There may be added to the copy the identity document numbers of the
electors and authorized representatives and such other additional particulars
or information as the Chief Electoral Officer thinks fit to include.

(5) The form in which the copy is supplied may be in a printed form, a form
which is capable of being read by a computer or any other form determined by
the Chief Electoral Officer.

(6) The Chief Electoral Officer must provide at each polling  station-

   (a)  materials; and

   (b)  if the polling station is also assigned for conducting the poll for a
        geographical constituency or ordinary functional constituency, chops
        bearing the mark "P", with or without other design, that are necessary
        to enable electors and authorized representatives to mark ballot
        papers. (L.N. 65 of 2000)

(7) The Chief Electoral Officer must do other acts and things as that Officer
considers necessary for holding the poll effectively. (L.N. 65 of 2000)