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ELECTORAL PROCEDURE (VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION) REGULATION - SECT 44
Challenging a person who has applied for a ballot paper or who has voted
(1) If a candidate, an election agent or a polling agent-
(a) declares to the Presiding Officer that he has reasonable cause to
believe that a person has engaged in corrupt conduct of impersonation;
and
(b) undertakes in writing to substantiate the allegation in a court, the
Presiding Officer may request a police officer to arrest that person.
(2) A declaration referred to in subsection (1) may only be made-
(a) at the time the person applies for a ballot paper; or
(b) after the person has applied for a ballot paper but before the person
has left the polling station.
(3) If the Presiding Officer has reason to believe that a person-
(a) applying for a ballot paper; or
(b) who has applied for a ballot paper and has not left the polling
station, has engaged in corrupt conduct of impersonation, the
Presiding Officer may request a police officer to arrest that person.
(4) A person-
(a) in respect of whom a declaration is made under subsection (1)
(whether or not he is arrested under that subsection); or
(b) who has been arrested under subsection (3), shall not be prevented
from voting only by reason of the declaration or arrest.
(5) In this section, "corrupt conduct of impersonation"
(冒充別人的舞弊行為) means the corrupt conduct referred to in
section 15 of the Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance (
Cap 554).
"corrupt conduct of impersonation" (冒充別人的舞弊行為)
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