Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL PROCEDURE (VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION) REGULATION - SECT 52

Marking "SPOILT" on ballot paper

(1) If an elector issued with a ballot paper-

   (a)  inadvertently deals with it in such a manner that it cannot be
        properly used as a ballot paper; or

   (b)  makes an error in marking it, he may apply to the Presiding Officer
        for another ballot paper.

(2) The Presiding Officer may issue another ballot paper to an elector
referred to in subsection (1) if the elector-

   (a)  returns the ballot paper already issued to him to the Presiding 
        Officer; and

   (b)  establishes to the satisfaction of the Presiding Officer the
        circumstances referred to in subsection (1)(a) or (b).

(3) The Presiding Officer shall immediately cancel a ballot paper
returned to him under subsection (2) by endorsing the words "SPOILT" and
"損壞" on the front of the ballot paper and keep it in his custody.

(4) For the purposes of this Regulation, issuing a ballot paper under
subsection (2) shall be regarded as issuing a ballot paper under
section 45(1), (2) or (3), as the case may be.