Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL PROCEDURE (VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION) REGULATION - SECT 31

Appointment of Presiding Officer and polling officers

(1) The Returning Officer shall, for each polling station used for polling for
the Village concerned, appoint-

   (a)  a Presiding Officer to preside at the polling station; and

   (b)  such number of polling officers as he considers appropriate to assist
        the Presiding Officer in the conduct of a poll.

(2) The Returning Officer may designate-

   (a)  one polling officer appointed for a polling station as the
        Deputy Presiding Officer for the polling station; and

   (b)  any polling officer appointed for a polling station as an
        Assistant Presiding Officer for the polling station.

(3) The Returning Officer shall supply to the Presiding Officer a list of the
names of the polling officers appointed for the polling  station for which the
Presiding Officer is appointed.

(4) If a polling station is used for polling for more than one Village-

   (a)  the appointment under subsection (1) and the designation under
        subsection (2) shall be made by the Returning Officers for those
        Villages; and

   (b)  the list referred to in subsection (3) shall be supplied by one of
        those Returning Officers.

(5) The Presiding Officer shall display a list containing his name and the
names of the polling officers appointed for the polling station in a prominent
place immediately outside the polling station.

(6) The Presiding Officer may perform any act which he is required or
authorized to perform under this Regulation through a polling officer, but the
power to adjourn a poll under section 73(1) must be exercised by the
Presiding Officer personally.