Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS) (VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION) REGULATION - SECT 16

ERO to have power to require information to prepare registers

(1) For the purpose of preparing a register, the ERO may require a
public authority to furnish such information as the ERO may specify.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the ERO may require a public  authority
to furnish-

   (a)  the name, identity document number, sex and principal 
        residential address of a person who appears to the ERO to be eligible
        under section 15 of the Election Ordinance to be registered as an
        elector for an Existing Village; or

   (b)  the name, identity document number, sex and information relating to
        indigenous inhabitant status of a person who appears to the ERO to be
        eligible under that section to be registered as an elector for an
        Indigenous Village or a Composite Indigenous Village.

(3) When the ERO requires information from a public authority, that authority
must furnish the required information to the ERO within 14 days of making the
requirement.

(4) If the ERO thinks fit, the ERO may, in a particular case, extend the
period referred to in subsection (3). If the period is extended, the
public authority must furnish the information within the extended period.

(5) For the avoidance of doubt, it is stated that the ERO may make a
requirement for information under this section only for the purpose of
preparing a register.

(6) A person may use information obtained under this section only for the
purpose of preparing a register or in connection with an investigation or
proceedings relating to an offence under this Regulation.

(7) In this section-

"prepare" (擬備) means compile, revise, correct or publish;

"public authority" (公共主管當局) includes a public officer or a member
of a public body.

"prepare" (擬備)

"public authority" (公共主管當局)