Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) (LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL) REGULATION - SECT 70

Ballot boxes for FC Ballot Papers to be delivered to the counting station

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

(1) In a general election in relation to which the Chief Electoral Officer has
exercised the power under section 28(9)(a)- (L.N. 84 of 2004 and L.N. 140 of
2004)

   (a)  the Presiding Officer of a GC polling station which is also designated
        as a counting station (other than a main counting station) must
        deliver or arrange to be delivered to the central counting station the
        ballot boxes for the FC ballot papers from that Officer's
        polling station, together with the sealed packets under section 63 and
        the ballot paper  accounts prepared by that Officer for the functional
        constituencies; and

   (b)  the Presiding Officer of a GC polling station which is also designated
        as a main counting station must, in addition to the ballot boxes,
        sealed packets and ballot paper accounts referred to in paragraph

   (a)  , deliver or arrange to be delivered to the central counting station
        the relevant ballot box or boxes, sealed packets and
        ballot paper accounts delivered to that Officer under section 63A(3)
        for the functional constituencies. (L.N. 140 of 2004)

(2) In a by-election for a functional constituency, the Presiding  Officer
must deliver or arrange to be delivered to the counting station for counting
the votes cast at the by-election, the ballot boxes from that Officer's
polling station, together with the sealed packets under section  63 and the
ballot paper account prepared by that Officer. (L.N. 65 of 2000; L.N. 84 of
2004)