Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL PROCEDURE (VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION) REGULATION - SECT 56

Appointment of counting agent

(1) Each candidate may appoint persons as his counting agents to attend at a
counting station to observe the counting of the votes for the Village for
which the candidate is standing for election.

(2) The Returning Officer shall determine the maximum number of
counting agents a candidate may appoint.

(3) Only a holder of an identity card, who has attained the age of 18 years,
may be appointed as a counting agent.

(4) An appointment of a counting agent is effected by giving a notice of
appointment to the Returning Officer.

(5) A notice of appointment shall-

   (a)  be in the specified form;

   (b)  be given by the candidate;

   (c)  state the name, the identity card number and the address of the
        counting agent; and

   (d)  be signed by the candidate and the counting agent.

(6) The appointment of a counting agent may be revoked by giving a notice of
revocation to the Returning Officer.

(7) A notice of revocation shall be-

   (a)  in the specified form;

   (b)  given by the candidate; and

   (c)  signed by the candidate.

(8) If a counting agent dies or the appointment of a counting agent is
revoked, the candidate may, subject to this section, appoint another person as
a counting agent to replace the first-mentioned agent.

(9) The appointment of or revocation of the appointment of a counting agent is
not effective until the notice of appointment or notice of revocation, as the
case may be, is received by the Returning Officer.

(10) If a notice under subsection (4) is not given before the 3 days preceding
the polling day, it shall be delivered by the candidate or his election agent
on the polling day to the Returning Officer.