Hong Kong Regulations

POST OFFICE REGULATIONS - REGULATION 6

(Past version on 19/07/2002).
(Past version on 21/09/2001).
(Past version on 30/07/1999).
(Past version on 19/03/1999).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).



"constituency" (選區、功能界別)

"Election Committee" (選舉委員會)

"Election Committee subsector election" (選舉委員會界別分組選舉)

"elector" (選民)

"final register" (正式選民登記冊)

"subsector" (界別分組)

"subsector final register" (界別分組正式投票人登記冊)

"voter" (投票人)

(1) The following letters shall not be subject to any postage-

   (a)  -(b) (Repealed L.N. 27 of 1997)

   (c)  (Repealed L.N. 122 of 1991)

   (d)  (i) one letter posted in Hong Kong from each candidate at any
        elections under the District Councils Ordinance ( Cap 547) addressed
        to each elector registered in the final register in respect of the
        constituency for which the candidate is nominated, which complies with
        the requirements in regulations in force under the Electoral Affairs 
        Commission Ordinance ( Cap 541); and (8 of 1999 s. 89; 23 of 2002 s.
        126)

(ia) one letter posted in Hong Kong from each candidate at any
Election Committee subsector election addressed to each voter registered in
the subsector final register in respect of the subsector for which the
candidate is nominated, which complies with the requirements in regulations in
force under the Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance ( Cap  541); and (48 of
1999 s. 47)

        (ii)   one letter posted in Hong Kong from each candidate (or, in the
               case of a geographical constituency, from each list of
               candidates) at any election under the
               Legislative Council Ordinance ( Cap 542) addressed to each
               elector registered in the final register in respect of the
               constituency for which the candidate (or the list of
               candidates) is nominated, which comply with the requirements in
               regulations in force under the
               Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance ( Cap 541); and (L.N.
               270 of 1991; 8 of 1999 s. 89; 48 of 1999 s. 47; 21 of 2001 s.
               49; 25 of 2003 s. 50)

        (iii)  two letters posted in Hong Kong from each candidate at an
               election within the meaning of the
               Chief Executive Election Ordinance ( Cap  569) addressed to
               each member of the Election Committee which comply with the
               requirements in regulations in force under the
               Electoral Affairs  Commission Ordinance ( Cap 541). (21 of 2001
               s. 49)

(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1)(d)-

   (a)  a person shall not be deemed to be a candidate unless he is shown as a
        person validly nominated in the notice of nominations published in the
        Gazette in accordance with the regulations made under section 7 of the
        Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance ( Cap 541); but until the
        publication of that notice any person who declares himself to be a
        candidate shall be entitled to exercise the right to free postage
        conferred by this regulation if he furnishes the Postmaster General
        with such security as may be required for the payment of postage
        should he not subsequently be shown in such notice as a person validly
        nominated; (40 of 1993 s. 27; 8 of 1999 s. 89)

   (b)  the expression-

"constituency" (選區、功能界別) means a geographical constituency
declared under the Legislative Council Ordinance ( Cap 542) or a functional
constituency established under that Ordinance or a constituency declared under
the District Councils Ordinance ( Cap 547), as the case may require;

"Election Committee" (選舉委員會) means the Election Committee within the
meaning of the Chief Executive Election Ordinance ( Cap 569); (48 of 1999 s.
47; 21 of 2001 s. 49)

"Election Committee subsector election" (選舉委員會界別分組選舉)
means a subsector election within the meaning of the
Chief Executive Election Ordinance ( Cap  569); (48 of 1999 s. 47; 21 of 2001
s. 49)

"elector" (選民) means an elector within the meaning of the Legislative 
Council Ordinance ( Cap 542) or an elector within the meaning of the
District Councils Ordinance ( Cap 547), as the case may require;

"final register" (正式選民登記冊) means a final register of electors
for an election under the Legislative Council Ordinance ( Cap 542) or a
register of electors for an election under the District Councils Ordinance (
Cap  547), as the case may require; (8 of 1999 s. 89)

"subsector" (界別分組) means a subsector within the meaning of the Chief 
Executive Election Ordinance ( Cap 569); (48 of 1999 s. 47; 21 of 2001 s. 49)

"subsector final register" (界別分組正式投票人登記冊) means a
subsector final register within the meaning of the
Chief Executive Election Ordinance ( Cap 569);

(48 of 1999 s. 47; 21 of 2001 s. 49)

"voter" (投票人) means a voter within the meaning of the Chief Executive 
Election Ordinance ( Cap 569). (48 of 1999 s. 47; 21 of 2001 s. 49)