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

(Past version on 27/02/1998).
(Past version on 21/01/1998).

(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(3) (Repealed L.N. 84 of 2004)

(4) At a GC polling station which is also used for polling for one or more
functional constituencies, the Presiding Officer- (L.N. 84 of 2004)

   (a)  must issue a GC ballot paper to an elector who is entitled to vote
        only for that geographical constituency;

   (b)  must issue a GC ballot paper and the appropriate FC ballot  paper to a
        GC elector who is entitled to vote for a functional  constituency
        either as an elector or as an authorized representative; and

   (c)  must issue a GC ballot paper and the appropriate FC ballot  papers to
        a GC elector who is entitled to vote as an elector for a
        functional constituency and as an authorized representative for
        another functional constituency. (L.N. 147 of 1998; L.N. 65 of 2000;
        L.N. 84 of 2004)

(5) (Repealed L.N. 84 of 2004)

(6) 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 of the relevant final register supplied under section 37(3)
must be called out. (L.N. 65 of 2000)

(7) Immediately before issuing the ballot paper or ballot papers, the
Presiding Officer must place a line in the copy of the final register across
the name and identity document number 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. (L.N. 65 of
2000)

(8) No record is to be made of the particular ballot paper or ballot papers
issued to an elector or authorized representative. (L.N. 147 of 1998)