Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) (LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL) REGULATION - SECT 54

Procedure for voting

(Past version on 05/05/2000).
(Past version on 21/01/1998).

(1) When an elector or authorized representative is issued with a ballot paper
or ballot papers, he or she must immediately go into a voting  compartment and
mark the ballot paper or ballot papers as appropriate. After marking the
ballot paper or ballot papers, the elector or authorized  representative must,
before leaving the voting compartment, conceal the mark or marks on it or them
in the appropriate manner described in subsection (3) and put the ballot paper
or ballot papers, into the correct ballot box. (L.N. 84 of 2004)

(2) (Repealed L.N. 84 of 2004)

(3) An elector or authorized representative voting for a constituency must—
(L.N. 84 of 2004)

   (a)  in relation to an FC ballot paper, put the ballot paper, unfolded,
        into the ballot box with the marked side facing down;

   (b)  in relation to a GC ballot paper, fold the ballot paper so that the
        marked side is inside and put the folded ballot paper into the ballot
        box. (L.N. 84 of 2004)

(4) An elector or an authorized representative must cast his or her vote
without undue delay. An elector or authorized representative must leave the
polling station as soon as he or she has put the ballot paper or ballot papers
into the ballot box or ballot boxes.

(5) Subject to subsection (3), a person must not put anything other than a
marked ballot paper into the ballot box. (L.N. 84 of 2004)

(6) Except where it is provided otherwise in this Regulation, a person must
not remove a ballot paper from a polling station. A person who contravenes
this subsection commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 2 and to
imprisonment for 6 months. (L.N. 65 of 2000)

(7) In this section "voting compartment" (投票間) means a compartment
provided under section 37(1) for the purpose of marking ballot papers.

"voting compartment" (投票間)