Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) (ELECTION COMMITTEE) REGULATION,ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) (ELECTION COMMITTEE) REGULATION - SECT 54

Procedure for voting

(Past version on 12/10/2001).

(1) Subject to section 55, a voter or authorized representative who has been
issued with a ballot paper must immediately cast his or her vote. When a voter
or authorized representative is issued with a ballot paper, he or she must
immediately go into a voting compartment and mark the ballot paper as
appropriate. (L.N. 114 of 2006)

(1A) After marking a ballot paper, a voter or authorized  representative must
put the ballot paper into the ballot box in accordance with any direction
given under subsection (1B). (L.N. 114 of 2006)

(1B) The Commission may direct, in such manner as it thinks fit, a voter or
authorized representative-

   (a)  to put the ballot paper, unfolded, into the ballot box with the marked
        side facing down;

   (b)  to-

        (i)    fold the ballot paper so that the marked side is inside; and

        (ii)   put the folded ballot paper into the ballot box;

   (c)  to-

        (i)    put the ballot paper, unfolded, into an envelope provided at
               the polling station; and

        (ii)   put the ballot paper contained in the envelope into the ballot
               box; or

   (d)  to-

        (i)    fold the ballot paper so that the marked side is inside;

        (ii)   put the folded ballot paper into an envelope provided at the
               polling station; and

        (iii)  put the ballot paper contained in the envelope into the ballot
               box. (L.N. 114 of 2006)

(2) A voter or authorized representative must leave the polling  station as
soon as he or she has put the ballot paper into the ballot box.

(3) A person must not put anything other than a marked ballot paper into the
ballot box.

(4) Except where it is provided otherwise in this Regulation, a person must
not remove a ballot paper from a polling station. A person who contravenes
this subsection commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 2 and to
imprisonment for 6 months.

(5) In this section, "voting compartment" (投票間) means a compartment
provided under section 37(1) for the purpose of marking ballot papers.

"voting compartment" (投票間)