Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) (LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL) REGULATION - SECT 75A

Special arrangements for counting of votes for geographical constituencies

(1) If at any time it appears to the Commission that a counting  station
(“first counting station”) assigned for the counting of votes cast at a
polling station (“polling station concerned”) in respect of a
geographical constituency is no longer available or suitable for the counting
to take place or continue to take place, the Commission may direct that the
counting is to take place or continue to take place at another
counting station (“new counting station”) specified by the Chief Electoral
Officer.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if it appears to the Commission that the
first counting station is no longer available or suitable for the counting of
votes to take place or continue to take place because of any of the
occurrences specified in section 2(3) of Schedule 2.

(3) Where the Commission gives a direction under subsection (1), the
Presiding Officer of the first counting station (“first Presiding 
Officer”) must arrange the ballot boxes (whether opened or un-opened) and
receptacles, if any, together with the ballot papers (whether counted or not),
any un-issued ballot papers, tendered ballot papers, ballot paper  account,
verification of a ballot paper account or re-verification of a
ballot paper account, and any other relevant election materials to be
transferred to the new counting station.

(4) Any person who may be present at the first counting station or
polling station concerned under this Regulation may also be present with the
first Presiding Officer when that Officer makes any arrangement under
subsection (3).

(5) The Chief Electoral Officer may direct any Presiding Officer to act in
place of the first Presiding Officer for the purposes of the counting or
continuing of the counting of votes as well as all other duties or powers the
first Presiding Officer would have to perform or exercise under this
Regulation had he not been replaced.

(6) Subject to subsection (8), for the purposes of this Regulation—

   (a)  the new counting station is to be regarded as the first
        counting station; and

   (b)  the counting zone of the new counting station is to be regarded as the
        counting zone of the first counting station.

(7) If at the new counting station the counting of votes cast at a
polling station other than the polling station concerned is also to take place
or taking place, the Chief Electoral Officer may assign within the new
counting station an area for the counting or continuing of the counting of
votes cast at each of the polling stations.

(8) For the purposes of this Regulation—

   (a)  an area assigned under subsection (7) for the counting or continuing
        of the counting of votes cast at a polling station is to be regarded
        as the counting station originally assigned for the counting of votes
        cast at the polling station; and

   (b)  the counting zone in the area mentioned in paragraph (a) is to be
        regarded as the counting zone of the counting station mentioned in
        that paragraph. (L.N. 66 of 2008)