Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS) (VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION) REGULATION - SECT 22

ERO to publish notice that provisional register is available for public inspection

(1) For the purposes of section 17(1)(a) of the Election Ordinance, the ERO
must publish a notice which complies with subsections (2) and (3)-

   (a)  in the Gazette; and

   (b)  in at least one Chinese language daily newspaper and one English
        language daily newspaper in circulation in Hong Kong.

(2) The notice must be published for-

   (a)  the first provisional register, not later than 22 April 2003; and

   (b)  a subsequent provisional register, every year, not later than 10
        September.

(3) The notice must specify-

   (a)  that a copy of the provisional register is available for public
        inspection during ordinary business hours during the period referred
        to in subsection (4); and

   (b)  the place or places at which a copy of the provisional register may be
        so inspected by the public.

(4) The ERO must make available for public inspection, a copy of the
provisional register-

   (a)  for a period of 14 days beginning on the date the relevant notice
        under subsection (1) is published in the Gazette;

   (b)  during ordinary business hours; and

   (c)  at the place or places specified in the notice.

(5) The ERO may make available for public inspection, a copy of a
specific part or division of the provisional register ("additional copy"), at
a place additional to a place specified in a notice published under this
section, if the ERO considers it appropriate to do so. The ERO may determine
the period during which and the time at which an additional copy may be
inspected by the public.

(6) The ERO may require a person who wishes to inspect a copy of the
provisional register under subsection (4) or an additional copy under
subsection (5) to produce to the ERO that person's identity document and to
complete a form supplied by the ERO.