Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL PROCEDURE (VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION) REGULATION - SECT 53

Steps to be taken at a polling station after the close of the poll

(1) As soon as practicable after the close of the poll, the Presiding Officer
shall-

   (a)  seal the ballot box, or each ballot box, with a sealing device
        provided for that purpose by the Director of Home Affairs so that
        nothing can be put into or withdrawn from the ballot box after it is
        sealed; and

   (b)  make up into separate sealed packets-

        (i)    the counterfoils of the ballot papers that have been issued;

        (ii)   the ballot papers that have not been issued;

        (iii)  the unused ballot papers;

        (iv)   the spoilt ballot papers; and

        (v)    the marked copy of the final register, and, at a
               polling station used for polling for more than one Village,
               make separate sealed packets for each Village, in the presence
               of the persons who are present in the polling station.

(2) As soon as practicable after complying with subsection (1), the
Presiding Officer shall deliver-

   (a)  the sealed ballot box or boxes;

   (b)  the sealed packets referred to in subsection (1)(b); and

   (c)  the ballot paper account or accounts, to the Returning Officer or the
        relevant Returning Officers at the counting station or the relevant
        counting station or stations.