Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL PROCEDURE (VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION) REGULATION - SECT 75

Procedure after adjournment of polling

(1) If a poll is adjourned, the Presiding Officer shall, as soon as
practicable after receiving the direction under section 72(2) or giving the
direction under section 73(1), as the case may be, make up into separate
sealed packets-

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

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

   (c)  the unused ballot papers;

   (d)  the spoilt ballot papers; and

   (e)  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) The Presiding Officer shall, as soon as practicable after complying with
subsection (1), deliver-

   (a)  the sealed ballot box or boxes; and

   (b)  the sealed packets referred to in subsection (1), to the
        Returning Officer or the relevant Returning Officers.

(3) If it is impracticable to make delivery under subsection (2), the
Presiding Officer shall deposit the sealed ballot box or boxes and sealed
packets in-

   (a)  a safe place within the polling station;

   (b)  if there is no safe place referred to in paragraph (a), a safe place
        within a police station or a public building close to the polling 
        station; or

   (c)  if there is no safe place referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), a safe
        place within a secure building close to the polling station, until the
        delivery becomes practicable.

(4) Upon the delivery to the Returning Officer or the relevant
Returning Officers of the sealed ballot box or boxes and sealed packets under
subsection (2), the Returning Officer or the relevant Returning  Officers
shall-

   (a)  take such steps as are determined by the Commission for the purpose of
        ensuring the safety and security of the sealed ballot box or boxes and
        sealed packets; and

   (b)  remain in charge of the sealed ballot box or boxes and sealed packets
        and be responsible for their safety and security until the resumption
        of the poll.