Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL PROCEDURE (VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION) REGULATION - SECT 82

Secrecy

(1) No person shall-

   (a)  subject to subsection (2), divulge to any person whether an elector
        has or has not applied for a ballot paper or voted;

   (b)  communicate to another person any information obtained at the counting
        of the votes as to the candidate for whom a vote has been given on any
        particular ballot paper;

   (c)  interfere with an elector when he is marking the ballot paper;

   (d)  interfere with or attempt to interfere with a ballot box, a ballot
        paper (including a ballot paper that has not been counted pursuant to
        section 62), a copy of the final register, a statement prepared under
        section 63(6) or a verification statement;

   (e)  without the permission of the Returning Officer or the
        Presiding Officer, obtain or attempt to obtain in any manner within a
        polling station, a no canvassing zone or a no staying zone information
        as to the candidate for whom an elector is about to vote or has voted;

   (f)  communicate to another person any information obtained within a
        polling station as to the candidate for whom an elector is about to
        vote or has voted; or

   (g)  directly or indirectly induce an elector to display a ballot paper
        marked by the elector so as to make known to any person any
        information as to the candidate for whom the elector has voted.

(2) Subsection (1)(a) does not apply to-

   (a)  any act authorized by law; or

   (b)  anything done at the direction of a police officer or an officer of
        the Independent Commission Against Corruption investigating an offence
        under-

        (i)    sections 3, 4 and 8 of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (
               Cap  201);

        (ii)   section 13B of the Independent Commission Against Corruption 
               Ordinance ( Cap 204);

        (iii)  the Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance ( Cap 541); or

        (iv)   the Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance ( Cap 
               554).