Hong Kong Regulations

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

Result of the counting of votes and re-count: 2 or more counting stations

(1) This section applies where there are 2 or more counting  stations for a
constituency.

(2) After the votes are counted under section 76, the Presiding  Officer of
the relevant counting station must make known the result of the counting of
votes at that counting station 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 or a counting 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 or counting 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 of each counting station which is
not the dominant counting station must report to the Presiding Officer of the
dominant counting station and the Returning  Officer for the constituency the
result of the counting of votes and re-count (if any). (L.N. 191 of 2003)

(8) After the Presiding Officer of the dominant counting station has been
notified of the results of the counting of votes of all the counting stations
for the constituency, that Officer must make known the results to the
candidates or their election agents or counting agents who are present at the
dominant counting station. If a candidate or his or her election agent who is
present at the dominant counting station requests the Presiding Officer of
that counting station to re-count all the votes of all the counting stations
for the constituency, that Officer must comply with the request unless the
Officer is of the opinion that the request is unreasonable.

(9) If the Presiding Officer of the dominant counting station decides to
comply with the request referred to in subsection (8), that Officer must
conduct a re-count at the dominant counting station and inform the
Presiding Officers of the other counting stations for the constituency to
conduct a re-count at their respective counting station at the same time.

(10) The Presiding Officer of each of the other counting stations for the
constituency must make known the result of the re-count at that Officer's
counting station to the candidates or their election agents or counting agents
who are present at the relevant counting stations and must report that result
to the Presiding Officer of the dominant counting  station.

(11) The Presiding Officer of the dominant counting station must inform the
candidates or their election agents or counting agents who are present at the
dominant counting station of all the re-count results.

(12) The Presiding Officer of the dominant counting station must report to the
Returning Officer for the constituency the result of the counting of votes and
re-count (if any) of all the counting stations for such constituency. (L.N.
191 of 2003) (L.N. 125 of 2003)