Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS) (VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION) REGULATION - SECT 28

ERO to correct entries in provisional register with approval of Revising Officer

(1) If the ERO is satisfied that-

   (a)  an entry in a provisional register is incorrect;

   (b)  an additional entry ought to be made in a final register; or

   (c)  a person whose name is recorded in a provisional register is no longer
        eligible to be registered in that register or in the part or division
        in which that person is registered, the ERO may, when compiling the
        final register, correct the entry, make an additional entry or remove
        the entry as may be appropriate.

(2) The ERO must not take any action under subsection (1) unless the ERO-

   (a)  has obtained the approval of the Revising Officer for the proposed
        correction, addition or removal, in relation to the compilation of-

        (i)    the first final register, on or before 19 May 2003; and

        (ii)   a subsequent final register, on or before 5 October of the
               current year; and

   (b)  has, after obtaining that approval, sent a notice by registered post
        to the person concerned, informing the person of the proposed
        correction, addition or removal.

(3) For the avoidance of doubt, it is stated that the requirement to obtain
the approval of the Revising Officer does not apply to-

   (a)  a correction by the ERO under section 17(2) of the Election Ordinance;
        or

   (b)  the addition or correction of the principal residential address of a
        person when compiling the Indigenous Villages and Composite 
        Indigenous Villages final register.