Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) (LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL) REGULATION - SECT 68A

What constitutes an offence at a counting station

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(1) A person who, during the relevant period, films or takes photographs or
makes any audio or video recording within a counting zone of a
counting station without the express permission of-

   (a)  (i) in the case of the central counting station, the
        Chief Returning Officer, or the Returning Officer in charge of that
        counting zone;

        (ii)   in the case of any other counting station, the Returning 
               Officer who supervises the counting station; or

   (b)  any member of the Commission, commits an offence.

(2) In subsection (1), "relevant period" (有關期間), in relation to a
counting zone, means the period commencing from the time, determined under
section 65, at which the counting of the votes is to begin at the zone and
ending upon the completion of the counting and re-count, if any, at the zone.

(3) A person who, at or in the vicinity of a counting station, behaves in a
disorderly manner, or fails to comply with a lawful order given by-

   (a)  in the case of the central counting station, the Chief 
        Returning Officer, or the Returning Officer in charge of a
        counting zone of the counting station; or

   (b)  in the case of any other counting station, the Returning  Officer who
        supervises the counting station, commits an offence.

(4) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable to a fine at
level 2 and to imprisonment for 3 months. (L.N. 65 of 2000)

"relevant period" (有關期間)