Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL PROCEDURE (VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION) REGULATION - SECT 71

Retention of election documents

The Director of Home Affairs shall-

   (a)  retain in his custody the documents sent to him under section  69 for
        6 months after the date of declaring the result of the election to
        which they relate in accordance with section 66(1); and

   (b)  unless otherwise directed by an order made by a court in proceedings
        relating to an election petition or in other legal proceedings,
        destroy the documents after the expiry of those 6 months.