Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS) (VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION) REGULATION - SECT 25

How to lodge notice of claim

(1) A claim must be-

        (a)	made by a notice ("notice of claim") in the specified form; and


   (b)  addressed to the ERO.

(2) A notice of claim must be lodged in accordance with subsection

(3).

(3) If the principal residential address of the person who makes
the claim ("claimant")-

   (a)  is in Hong Kong, the claimant must deliver the notice of claim in
        person at the ERO's office; or

   (b)  is not in Hong Kong, the claimant may-

        (i)    deliver the notice of claim in person at the ERO's office;

        (ii)   send the notice of claim to the ERO's office by post or by
               facsimile transmission;

        (iii)  send the notice of claim to the ERO's office as an electronic
               record within the meaning of section 2(1) of the
               Electronic Transactions  Ordinance ( Cap 553) authenticated by
               a digital signature within the meaning of that section; or

        (iv)   have the notice of claim delivered at the ERO's office by a
               person authorized in writing by the claimant for the purpose.

(4) The notice of claim must be lodged, if the claim relates to registration-

   (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 .

(5) If the ERO receives a claim after the relevant date referred to in
subsection (4), the ERO may, having regard to the nature of the claim, treat
it-

   (a)  as a request for alteration of registered particulars relating to that
        person for the purpose of compiling the next provisional register; or

   (b)  as a claim, for the purpose of compiling the final register for the
        year following that in which the claim is lodged.

(6) If the ERO treats a claim in the manner described in-

   (a)  subsection (5)(a), section 20(2), (4), (5) and (6) applies to the
        claim; or

   (b)  subsection (5)(b), the claim must be referred to the Revising 
        Officer.

(7) The ERO may require-

   (a)  a claimant; or

   (b)  a person authorized by a claimant, who delivers a notice of claim to
        identify himself or herself by such means as the ERO considers
        appropriate.

(8) If a person, subsequent to making a claim after the relevant date referred
to in subsection (4), makes one or more further claims or applications, the
ERO is required to consider only the latest claim or application (as the case
may be).