Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL PROCEDURE (VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION) REGULATION - SECT 35

Order at no canvassing zone and no staying zone

(1) The Returning Officer and the Presiding Officer shall keep order at the
no canvassing zone and the no staying zone.

(2) No person shall-

   (a)  (except as provided in subsection (3)) engage in canvassing for votes
        in a no canvassing zone;

   (b)  use a sound amplifying system or device for any purpose in a no 
        canvassing zone without lawful authority or the express permission of
        the Returning Officer or the Presiding Officer;

   (c)  use a sound amplifying system or device for canvassing for votes in
        such a manner that the sound emitted by it can be heard in a no 
        canvassing zone;

   (d)  without reasonable excuse, display in a no canvassing zone any
        propaganda material relating to-

        (i)    any candidate or his candidate number;

        (ii)   a body any member of which is standing as a candidate in the
               election concerned or a political body; or

        (iii)  the election of Village Representatives; or

   (e)  stay or loiter in a no staying zone without the express permission of
        the Returning Officer or the Presiding Officer, on the polling day.

(3) On the polling day, a person may, on the storeys above or below street
level in a building within a no canvassing zone (other than a building in
which there is a polling station), without obstructing any person, canvass for
votes from door to door.

(4) For the purposes of subsections (2) and (3), suggesting not to vote for
any candidate shall be regarded as canvassing for votes.

(5) No person shall, in a no canvassing zone or a no staying zone-

   (a)  fail to comply with a lawful direction given by the Returning  Officer
        or the Presiding Officer;

   (b)  cause an obstruction to any person who is in the zone and on his way
        to vote; or

   (c)  otherwise misconduct himself, on the polling day.

(6) If a person contravenes subsection (2) or (5), the Returning  Officer or
the Presiding Officer may-

   (a)  require the person to produce his identity document for inspection;
        and

   (b)  order the person to leave the relevant zone immediately.

(7) No person shall fail to produce his identity document when required to do
so under subsection (6).

(8) If a person fails to leave when ordered to do so under subsection (6), he
may be removed by a police officer or by a person authorized in writing by the
Returning Officer who ordered him to leave or the Presiding Officer.

(9) No person who is removed under subsection (8) shall enter the relevant
zone again on the polling day without the express permission of the
Returning Officer who ordered him to leave or the Presiding Officer.

(10) The powers conferred by subsections (6) and (8) shall not be so exercised
as to prevent an elector from voting.