Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS) (VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION) REGULATION - SECT 27

ERO to correct entries in provisional register when compiling final register

(1) A person whose name is or is to be recorded in a provisional  register may
make a written request of the ERO to make an alteration in relation to-

   (a)  the personal particulars recorded or to be recorded for him or her; or

   (b)  the part or division in which they are or are to be recorded.

(2) If the ERO-

   (a)  receives a request for alteration, within the relevant period
        specified in subsection (10)(a); and

   (b)  is satisfied that an alteration should be made, the ERO must, when
        compiling the next final 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 on or before the
relevant date specified in subsection (10)(b), as a result of an inquiry or
otherwise, that a personal particular in an entry in a provisional register is
incorrect, the ERO may, when compiling the next final 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 is satisfied that a requested alteration should not be made and
decides not to alter the entry, the ERO must notify the person concerned, in
writing and by registered post, of the decision.

(6) Where a request for alteration is received by the ERO after the relevant
date specified in subsection (10)(b), the ERO may consider it only for the
purpose of compiling the next provisional register.

(7) Section 20(2) and (4) applies to a request considered in accordance with
subsection (6) as if the request was received by the ERO on or before 30 July
in the year following the year in which the request was made in relation to
the existing final register for that following year.

(8) If the ERO decides not to make an alteration that is requested within the
relevant period specified in subsection (10)(a), the ERO must refer the matter
to the Revising Officer. The reference must be treated as a claim made by the
person who requested the alteration.

(9) When compiling an Indigenous Villages and Composite Indigenous  Villages
final 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.

(10) For the purposes of-

   (a)  subsections (2) and (8), the relevant period is, in relation to the
        compilation of-

        (i)    the first final register, that beginning on 22 March 2003 and
               ending on 5 May 2003; and

        (ii)   a subsequent final register, that beginning on 31 July of the
               current year and ending on 23 September of the same year; and

   (b)  subsections (3) and (6), the relevant date is, in relation to the
        compilation of-

        (i)    the first final register, 5 May 2003; and

        (ii)   a subsequent final register, 23 September of the current year.

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

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

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

"personal particulars" (個人詳情)