Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS) (VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION) REGULATION - SECT 20

ERO to correct entries in existing final register when compiling next provisional register

(1) A person whose personal particulars are recorded in the
existing final register may make a written request of the ERO to alter the
entry relating to him or her.

(2) If the ERO-

   (a)  receives a request for alteration, within the relevant period
        specified in subsection (7); and

   (b)  is satisfied that the entry is incorrect and should be corrected, the
        ERO must, when compiling the next provisional register, record in the
        appropriate place in the register, the personal particulars of the
        person corrected as appropriate.

(3) If it appears to the ERO, from information obtained within the relevant
period specified in subsection (7), as a result of an inquiry or otherwise,
that a personal particular in an entry in the existing final  register is
incorrect, the ERO may, when compiling the next provisional  register, record
the corrected personal particulars in the appropriate place in the register.

(4) If the ERO makes a correction under subsection (2) or (3), the ERO must
inform the person concerned, in writing, of the correction.

(5) If the ERO decides not to make a requested alteration, the ERO must notify
the person concerned, in writing and by registered post, of the decision.

(6) When compiling an Indigenous Villages and Composite Indigenous  Villages
provisional register, the ERO may at any time correct or change the
principal residential address contained in an entry or add to or remove from
an entry the principal residential address at the request of the person to
whom the entry relates and in accordance with information furnished by that
person.

(7) For the purposes of subsections (2) and (3), the relevant period is, in
relation to the compilation of-

   (a)  the second provisional register, after 5 May 2003, but on or before 30
        July 2004; and

   (b)  a subsequent provisional register, after 23 September of the
        preceding year, but on or before 30 July of the current year.

(8) In this section, "personal particulars" (個人詳情) means, in relation
to the compilation of-

   (a)  the Existing Villages provisional register, the name and
        principal residential address of a person; and

   (b)  the Indigenous Villages and Composite Indigenous Villages
        provisional register, the name of a person.

"personal particulars" (個人詳情)