Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) (DISTRICT COUNCILS) REGULATION - SECT 40

Chief Electoral Officer to carry out other duties relating to polling stations

(1) The Chief Electoral Officer must provide at each polling  station
sufficient compartments as that Officer considers necessary to enable electors
to vote, screened from observation.

(2) The Chief Electoral Officer must supply to each Presiding  Officer the
number of ballot papers the Chief Electoral Officer considers necessary for
the constituency for which the polling station is to be used for polling. The
Chief Electoral Officer must ensure that the name of any deceased or
disqualified candidate regarding whom a declaration under section 24 or 25 is
made, and other information relating to that candidate, if printed on the
ballot papers, are crossed out by stamping
the words "已故" and "DECEASED" or "喪失資格" and "DISQUALIFIED", as the
case may require.

(3) The Chief Electoral Officer must also supply to the Presiding  Officer-

   (a)  in the case of the first ordinary election, a copy of the appropriate
        part of the final register; or

   (b)  in the case of any subsequent ordinary election, a copy or extract of
        the appropriate part of the final register.

(4) A copy under subsection (3)(a)-

   (a)  must, in an entry relating to an elector, show-

        (i)    the identity document number of the elector; and

        (ii)   the sex of the elector, denoted by the letter "M" for male and
               "F" for female; and

   (b)  may contain additional particulars or information the Chief Electoral
        Officer thinks fit to include, and the entries in the copy may be
        re-arranged in the format or order as the Chief Electoral Officer
        considers appropriate.

(5) A copy or extract under subsection (3)(b) may contain additional
particulars or information the Chief Electoral Officer thinks fit to include.

(6) The form in which a copy or extract is supplied may be in a printed form,
a form which is capable of being read by a computer or any other form
determined by the Chief Electoral Officer.

(7) The Chief Electoral Officer must provide at each polling  station chops
bearing the mark "P", with or without other design, and other materials that
are necessary to enable electors to mark the ballot  papers.

(8) The Chief Electoral Officer may do other acts and things as that Officer
considers necessary for holding the poll effectively.