Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) (DISTRICT COUNCILS) REGULATION - SECT 64

Presiding Officer to prepare a ballot paper account for each packet of sealed ballot papers

(Past version on 01/08/1999).

(1) The Presiding Officer must prepare a statement which complies with
subsection (2) for each packet prepared under section 63 or 63A, as the case
may be, for a constituency. (L.N. 125 of 2003 and L.N. 191 of 2003)

(2) The statement under subsection (1) must be in the specified  form and show
the number of ballot papers for the constituency supplied to the
Presiding Officer under section 40(2) and account for those ballot  papers
under the following heads-

   (a)  the number of ballot papers estimated by the Presiding Officer to be
        in the ballot box or boxes;

   (b)  the number of un-issued ballot papers;

   (c)  the number of unused ballot papers; and

   (d)  the number of spoilt ballot papers.