Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) (LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL) REGULATION - SECT 53

Presiding Officer to issue one or more ballot papers depending on the entitlement to vote

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(1) At a polling station used only for polling for a geographical 
constituency, the Presiding Officer is to issue only one ballot paper to an
elector who applies for a ballot paper.

(2) At a polling station used only for polling for a functional  constituency,
the Presiding Officer is to issue only one ballot paper to an elector or
authorized representative who applies for a ballot paper.

(3) At a polling station used only for polling for the Election 
Committee election, the Presiding Officer is to issue only one ballot paper to
an elector who applies for a ballot paper.

(4) At-

   (a)  a GC polling station used also for polling for Part 3 
        functional constituencies;

   (b)  an SFC polling station used also for polling for the other
        special functional constituencies, Part 3 functional constituencies
        and one or more geographical constituencies; or

   (c)  an EC polling station used also for polling for the special 
        functional constituencies, Part 3 functional constituencies and one or
        more geographical constituencies, the Presiding Officer is to issue
        the appropriate ballot paper or ballot papers to a person, having
        regard to whether the person-

        (i)    is entitled to vote for only one constituency, one constituency
               and the Election Committee election, 2 constituencies, or 2
               constituencies and the Election Committee election; and

        (ii)   is voting only as an elector, only as an authorized 
               representative or as an elector and an
               authorized representative.

(5) Before issuing a ballot paper or ballot papers under this section, the
name of the elector or authorized representative, as may be applicable, as
stated in the copy or extract of the relevant final  register supplied under
section 37(3) must be called out.

(6) Immediately before issuing the ballot paper or ballot papers, the
Presiding Officer must place a line in the copy or extract of the
final register across the name, identity document number and other particulars
of the elector or authorized representative to denote that the ballot papers
the person is entitled to have issued to him or her at that polling station
have been so issued.

(7) No record is to be made of the particular ballot paper or ballot papers
issued to an elector or authorized representative.