Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS) (VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION) REGULATION - SECT 23

Objection regarding registered person in provisional register

PART 5

NOTICE OF OBJECTION, NOTICE OF CLAIM AND CORRECTION OF PROVISIONAL REGISTER

(1) A person who considers that a registered person is not eligible to be
registered-

   (a)  as an elector; or

   (b)  in the division of an Existing Villages register in which that
        person's name is recorded; or

   (c)  in the part or division of an Indigenous Villages and Composite 
        Indigenous Villages register in which that person's name is recorded,
        may make an objection to the registration of that person in the final
register by lodging a notice ("notice of objection").

(2) A notice of objection must be-

   (a)  in the specified form;

   (b)  addressed to the ERO; and

   (c)  delivered by the objector in person at the ERO's office.

(3) The notice of objection must be delivered, if the objection relates to an
entry-

   (a)  in the first provisional register, on or before 5 May 2003; or

   (b)  in a subsequent provisional register, on or before 23 September of the
        current year.

(4) The ERO may require a person who lodges a notice of objection to identify
himself or herself by such means as the ERO considers appropriate.

(5) In this section-

"elector" (選民) means a person who is entitled to vote at-

   (a)  an election to elect an Indigenous Inhabitant Representative; or

   (b)  an election to elect a Resident Representative;

"Indigenous Inhabitant Representative" (原居民代表) has the same meaning
as in section 2(1) of the Election Ordinance;

"registered person" (已登記的人) means a person whose name is recorded in
a provisional register;

"Resident Representative" (居民代表) has the same meaning as in section
2(1) of the Election Ordinance.

"elector" (選民)

"Indigenous Inhabitant Representative" (原居民代表)

"registered person" (已登記的人)

"Resident Representative" (居民代表)