Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL PROCEDURE (VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION) REGULATION - SECT 65

Result of counting and re-count

(1) After the votes are counted and the ballot paper account is verified, the
Returning Officer shall-

   (a)  make known the result of the counting to-

        (i)    the candidates who are present in the counting zone; and

        (ii)   the election agent or a counting agent (if present in the
               counting zone) of a candidate who is not present; and

   (b)  give them a reasonable opportunity to make a request under subsection
        (2).

(2) A candidate or an election agent who is present in the counting  zone may
request the Returning Officer to count again the counted or re-counted votes.

(3) The Returning Officer shall comply with a request under subsection (2)
unless he is of the opinion that the request is unreasonable.