Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL PROCEDURE (VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION) REGULATION - SECT 34

Determination of no canvassing zone and no staying zone

(1) The Returning Officer shall, by reference to a map or plan, determine-

   (a)  any area outside a polling station to be used for polling for the
        Village concerned as a no canvassing zone; and

   (b)  any area within a no canvassing zone as a no staying zone.

(2) The Returning Officer shall give a notice indicating the boundaries of the
no canvassing zone and the no staying zone to every candidate for election for
the Village at least 2 days before the polling  day.

(3) If a polling station is to be used for polling for more than one Village-

   (a)  the determination of the no canvassing zone and the no staying  zone
        shall be made by the Returning Officer specified for the purpose by
        the Director of Home Affairs; and

   (b)  that Officer shall give the notice under subsection (2) to-

        (i)    the candidates for election for the Village for which that
               Officer is appointed; and

        (ii)   the Returning Officers for the other Villages for which the
               polling station is used for polling, who shall, as soon as
               practicable after they receive the notice, give such notice to
               the candidates for election for their respective Villages.

(4) The Returning Officer who makes a determination of a no  canvassing zone
or a no staying zone may vary the zone.

(5) If a no canvassing zone or a no staying zone is varied, the
Returning Officer who varies the zone shall, as soon as practicable after the
variation-

   (a)  give a notice indicating the boundary of the zone as varied to-

        (i)    the candidates for election for the Village for which that
               Officer is appointed; and

        (ii)   (if the polling station is to be used for polling for more than
               one Village) the Returning Officers for the other Villages for
               which the polling station is used for polling, who shall, as
               soon as practicable after they receive the notice, give such
               notice to the candidates for election for their respective
               Villages; and

   (b)  display a copy of such notice at or near the polling station.

(6) On the polling day, the Returning Officer who determines the no 
canvassing zone or the no staying zone (or subsequently varies it, where
applicable) shall display at or near the polling station a notice indicating
the boundaries of the no canvassing zone and the no staying  zone as
determined or, where applicable, as varied.

(7) A determination under subsection (1) comes into effect upon the display of
a notice under subsection (6) in relation to the no canvassing  zone and the
no staying zone as determined.

(8) A variation under subsection (4) comes into effect upon the display of a
notice under subsection (6) in relation to the no canvassing  zone or the
no staying zone as varied.