Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL PROCEDURE (VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION) REGULATION - SECT 77

Resumption of postponed or adjourned polling or counting

(1) If a poll is postponed, the Commission shall appoint-

   (a)  a date within the prescribed period after the date of the postponed
        poll as the new polling day; and

   (b)  the polling hours on the new polling day.

(2) If a poll is adjourned, the Commission shall appoint-

   (a)  a date within the prescribed period after the date of the adjourned
        poll as the day on which the polling shall resume; and

   (b)  the polling hours for the resumed polling.

(3) If the counting of the votes in respect of a poll is postponed, the
Commission shall appoint a date within the prescribed period after the date of
the postponed counting as the day on which the counting shall be conducted.

(4) If the counting of the votes in respect of a poll is adjourned, the
Commission shall appoint a date within the prescribed period after the date of
the adjourned counting as the day on which the counting shall resume.

(5) As soon as practicable after an appointment under subsection

(1), (2), (3) or (4), as the case may be, is made, the Commission shall-

   (a)  publish a notice of the appointment in the Gazette; or

   (b)  announce the appointed date and, where applicable, the appointed
        polling hours by such other means as the Commission considers
        appropriate.

(6) The appointment of a date under this section for holding a
village by-election shall be subject to section 21(2) and (3) of the Election
Ordinance.

(7) In subsections (1), (2), (3) and (4), "prescribed period" (訂明限 期)
means-

   (a)  2 days in the case of-

        (i)    a postponement under section 72(1) due to an occurrence
               referred to in section 72(1)(e);

        (ii)   an adjournment under section 72(2) due to an occurrence
               referred to in section 72(2)(e);

        (iii)  an adjournment under section 73(1) due to an occurrence
               referred to in section 73(1)(c); or

        (iv)   an adjournment under section 73(2) due to an occurrence
               referred to in section 73(2)(c); or

   (b)  14 days in any other case.

"prescribed period" (訂明限期)