Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) (DISTRICT COUNCILS) REGULATION - SECT 80A

Result of the counting of votes and re-count: one counting station

(1) This section applies where there is only one counting station for a
constituency.

(2) After the votes are counted under section 76, the Presiding  Officer must
make known the result of the counting of votes to the candidates who are
present at the counting zone.

(3) If the candidates are not present, the Presiding Officer is to make known
the result to their election agents or counting agents, if those agents are
present at the counting zone.

(4) A candidate who is present at the counting zone when the votes are counted
or re-counted, or an election agent who is so present, may request the
Presiding Officer to count again the counted votes or re-counted votes.

(5) If a request is made under subsection (4), that Presiding  Officer must
comply with the request unless the Officer is of the opinion that the request
is unreasonable.

(6) After a counting of votes or re-count is completed, nothing further is to
be done until each candidate who is present at the completion of the counting
of votes or re-count, or the election agent of each candidate if present at
the completion of the counting of votes or re-count, is given a reasonable
opportunity to make a request for a re-count.

(7) Where there is no request for a re-count or such request is rejected by
the Presiding Officer or the re-count is completed and there is no request for
a further re-count or the request for a further re-count has been rejected by
the Presiding Officer, the Presiding Officer must report to the
Returning Officer for the constituency the result of the counting of votes and
re-count (if any). (L.N. 125 of 2003)