Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) (ELECTION COMMITTEE) REGULATION,ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) (ELECTION COMMITTEE) REGULATION - SECT 65

Chief Electoral Officer to appoint or remove counting officers

(Past version on 12/10/2001).

Chief Electoral Officer to appoint or remove counting officers (L.N. 114 of
2006)

(1) The Chief Electoral Officer may appoint, as counting officers, persons
that Officer considers suitable to assist a Returning Officer in the counting
of votes.

(2) The Chief Electoral Officer must supply to each Returning  Officer a list
of the counting officers appointed to assist the Returning  Officer.

(3) The Chief Electoral Officer must display the list of counting  officers in
a prominent place within the relevant counting station or stations.

(4) The Chief Electoral Officer may, at any time, with reasonable cause revoke
the appointment of a counting officer. (L.N. 114 of 2006; L.N. 176 of 2006)