Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL PROCEDURE (VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION) REGULATION - SECT 43

Question to person applying for a ballot paper

(1) The Presiding Officer may, in case of doubt and at the time a person
applies for a ballot paper, ask the person any appropriate questions set out
in subsection (2).

(2) The questions referred to in subsection (1) are-

   (a)  (i) "你是否已登記在本村(the Presiding Officer to read the
        name and the type of the Village)
        的正式選民登記冊上，而有關登記記項一如以下所述(the
        Presiding Officer to read the whole entry as it is recorded in the
        final register)?"; or

        (ii)   "Are you the person registered in the final register for this
               Village (the Presiding Officer to read the name and the type of
               the Village), as follows (the Presiding Officer to read the
               whole entry as it is recorded in the final register)?";

   (b)  (i) "你是否已在本村(the Presiding Officer to read the name of
        the Village) 的居民代表選舉中投了票?"; or

        (ii)   "Have you already voted in this election to elect a Resident
               Representative for this Village (the Presiding Officer to read
               the name of the Village)?";

   (c)  (i) "你是否已在本村(the Presiding Officer to read the name of
        the Village) 的原居民代表選舉中投了票?"; or

        (ii)   "Have you already voted in this election to elect an Indigenous
               Inhabitant Representative for this Village (the Presiding
               Officer to read the name of the Village)?".

(3) The Presiding Officer must ask the appropriate questions set out in
subsection (2) if so required by a candidate, an election agent or a
polling agent.

(4) The Presiding Officer shall not issue a ballot paper to any person who
fails to answer the questions asked of that person under this section to the
satisfaction of that Officer.