Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) (DISTRICT COUNCILS) REGULATION - SECT 84

Chief Electoral Officer to receive ballot papers, accounts, packets, etc.

(Past version on 01/08/1999).

(1) As soon as practicable after declaring the result of the election, the
Presiding Officer must send to the Returning Officer for the constituency—

   (a)  the ballot paper account and verification of the ballot paper 
        account;

   (b)  the statement referred to in section 79(6); and

   (c)  the sealed packets made up under section 83.

(2) As soon as practicable after preparing the notice of the result of the
election, the Returning Officer for the constituency must send to the Chief
Electoral Officer—

   (a)  the documents referred to in subsection (1)(a), (b) and (c);

   (b)  a copy of the notice of the result of the election;

   (c)  all nomination forms;

   (d)  the notices of withdrawal of candidature (if any);

   (e)  the notices of appointment of election agents, polling agents and
        counting agents and copies of authorizations of election expense 
        agents; and

   (f)  any other documents relating to the election specified by the
        Commission.

(3) In this section, "Presiding Officer" (投票站主任) does not include a
Presiding Officer of a small polling station which is not designated as a
main counting station or a special polling station which is not so designated.
(L.N. 191 of 2003) (L.N. 125 of 2003)

"Presiding Officer" (投票站主任)