LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ELECTORAL PROVISIONS) (REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS AND APPOINTMENT OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES) REGULATIONS

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ELECTORAL PROVISIONS) (REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS AND APPOINTMENT OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES) REGULATIONS

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ELECTORAL PROVISIONS)
(REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS AND APPOINTMENT
OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES) REGULATIONS


ANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

Regular..................................... Page

PART I

PRELIMINARY

............................... ... ... ... A 3

2. Interpretation .............................. ... ... ... ... ... ... A 3

3. Compilation of registers .............. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 3

4. Form of registers . . ......... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 3

5. Particulars in registers .............. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 4

PART II

APPLICATIONS FOR INCLUSION IN AND COMPILATION
OF PROVISIONAL REGISTER

6. Applications for inclusion in provisional register ... ... ... ... ... ... A 5

7. Powers and procedure on applications for inclusion in provisional register A 6

8. Revising officer's list of decisions under Part II ... A 7

9. Publication of notice of provisional register and inspection thereof ... ... A 8

PART III

ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO ANNUAL
COMPILATION OF PROVISIONAL REGISTER

10 Application of Part III ..................... A8
11........................Annual enquiry relating to provisional register ... ... ... ... ... ... A 8

12............................Entry of corrected particulars in provisional register ... ... ... ... ... A 10

13....................Contents of provisional register ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 10

PART IV

APPLICATIONS FOR INCLUSION IN FINAL REGISTER AND OBJECTIONS

14........................Applications for inclusion in final register ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 11

15...................................Powers and procedure on application for inclusion in final register ... ... A 11


16.................Inspection of applications ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 13

17.............Notices of objection ......... ... ... .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 13
18.............Procedure on objections ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 13

19.............................Registration officer's list of refusals and objections ... ... ... ... ... A 14







20. Revising officer's list of decisions under Part IV ... ... ... ... ... ... A 14





Regulalion Page
PART V

COMPILATION OF FINAL
RFGISTER

21. Compilation of final register ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 14

22. Publication of notice of final register and inspection thereof ... ... ... ... A 15

PART VI

APPOINTMENT OF AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVES

23., Appointment and replacement of authorized representative ... ... ... ... A 15

24. Restrictions on appointment ... ... ... ... ... ... . ... ... ... ... A 16

PART VII

GENERAL FUNCTIONS OF REVISING
OFFICER

25. Determination of matters by revising officer ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 16

26. Review of decisions by revising officer ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 16

PART VIII

GENERAL

27. Offences and penalties... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A

28. Certain specified forms to be made available ... ... . ' . . ... ... ... ... A 17





LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ELECTORAL PROVISIONS)
(REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS AND APPOINTMENT
OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES) REGULATIONS

(Cap. 381, section 19)

[12 April 1985.]

PART I

PRELIMINARY

1. These regulations may be cited as the Legislative Council
(Electoral Provisions) (Registration of Electors and Appointment of
Authorized Representatives) Regulations.

2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-

'address' means-

(a)in relation to a person who is an individual, the residential
address of that person;

(b)in relation to any other person, the registered office or
principal place of busin ess in Hong Kong of that person;

'authorized representative' means any individual appointed by an
elector under Part VI to he an authorized representative;

'District' has the meaning assigned to it in the District Boards .
Ordinance;

'provisional register' means the provisional register compiled under
regulation 3;

'working day' means any day other than a general holiday or a
Saturday.

3. The registration officer shall in accordance with these
regulations

(a)compile and publish a provisional register in respect of every
electoral college constituency and functional constitutency
before 22 June in each year; and

(b)compile and publish a final register for each year in respect of
all such constituencies before 7 August in that year.

4. (1) A register shall be divided into the same number of separate
parts as there are constituencies and shall ' contain the particulars of all
persons who are registered as electors and, in the case of electors other
than individuals, their authorized representatives.





(2) In the case of a part of a register relating to a functional
constituency to which this paragraph applies, that part shall be divided
into Districts and each division relating to a District shall contain the
particulars of every elector whose address is in that District; and each
such division may, and shall if the number of electors in any such
division exceeds 6 000, be sub-divided into groups of electors of not
more than 6 000 each.

(3) In a register, the names of electors who are individuals and the
names of electors other than individuals shall be shown separately and

(a)in the case of electors who are individuals, shall be arranged
by reference to the identity card numbers of the electors; and

(b)in the case of electors other than individuals, shall be
arranged alphabetically.

(4) Paragraph (2) shall apply to all functional constituencies other
than the following

(a) the Financial functional constituency

(b) the Labour functional constituency;

(c) the Social Services functional constituency.

5. (1) In relation to each elector, a register shall contain the
following particulars

(a) in the case of an elector who is an individual-

(i) the identity card number of the elector;

(ii) the name of the elector in English if his application for
inclusion in the register is made in English, or in Chinese if
such application is made in Chinese;

(iii) the letter 'M' or 'F' denoting the sex of the elector;

(iv) the address of the elector; and

(v) where section 13(3) of the Ordinance applies in
relation to a register compiled in 1985, the date ' 1985 and

(b) in the case of an elector other than an individual-

(i) the name of the elector in English if that elector's
application for inclusion in the register is made in English, or
in Chinese if such application is made in Chinese;

(ii) the address of the elector; and

(iii) the particulars specified in paragraph (2) relating to the
elector's authorized representative.

(2) A register shall contain the following particulars in relation to
any authorized representative





(a)the identity card number of the authorized representative; and

(b)the name of the authorized representative in English if the
application for inclusion in the register by the elector
appointing that authorized representative is made in English,
or in Chinese if such application is made in Chinese,

and such particulars shall be shown in such manner as may be
sufficient to indicate the elector by whom the authorized representative
is appointed.

(3) Except for names in Chinese, the register shall be in English.

(4) The provisional register and the final register shall be in such
form, consistent with the requirements of this regulation, as the
registration officer considers convenient,

(5) The omission from any entry in a register of any of the
particulars specified in paragraph (1) or (2) shall not disqualify or debar
an elector from voting at an election or debar an authorized
representative from voting on an elector's behalf.

.. (6) For the purposes of this regulation the registration officer may
require

(a)any body mentioned in the First or Second Schedule to the
Ordinance;

(b) the Director of Education;

(e) the Registrar of Trade Unions;

(d) the Director of Medical and Health Services

(e) the Secretary for the Civil Service; or

(f) any other body or authority,

to provide the registration officer with such information, including lists
of members of any such body, as will assist him in ascertaining whether
a person who applies for inclusion in a provisional or final register as
an elector is qualified to be registered therein.

PART II

APPLICATIONS FOR INCLUSION IN AND COMPILATION OF
PROVISIONAL REGISTER

6. (1) Subject to paragraph (2) and Part VI, application for inclusion
in the provisional register in any year may be made, either in person or
by post, to the registration officer during the period commencing on 15
April in that year and ending on 6 May next following, and shall be in
the specified form duly completed in either English or Chinese.





(2) An application made under paragraph (1) by an applicant
who, by virtue of section 14 of the Ordinance, is not entitled to
be registered in more than one electoral college or functional
constituency shall contain a statement by the applicant specifying
the constituency of that applicant's choice.

7. (1) Where the registration officer receives an application
under regulation 6 for inclusion in the provisional register, he shall,
as soon as may be, either-

(a)rule that the applicant is entitled to be registered in the
provisional register; or

(b)rule that the applicant is not entitled to be registered in the
provisional register under the Ordinance or because the
applicant has failed to comply with paragraph (2) of that
regulation.

(2) Before making a ruling under paragraph (1), the registra-
tion officer may refer the application back to the applicant for
further particulars or for further proof of the applicant's entitle-
ment to be registered, and shall take no further action on the
application unless such particulars or proof are supplied to the
registration officer to his satisfaction before 20 May next following
the application.

(3) Where the registration officer rules that an applicant- is
entitled to be registered in the provisional register he shall forth-
with-

(a)determine, on the basis of the application, the part of the
provisional register in which the applicant's particulars
shall be entered;

(b) register the applicant in the provisional register,

and inform the applicant in writing accordingly.

(4) Where, the registration officer rules that an applicant
is not entitled to be registered in the provisional register, he
shall-

(a)on or before 24 May next following the application, deliver
to the revising officer the name and address of such
applicant; and

(b)obtain forthwith from the revising officer- a date, being a
date during the period commencing on 24 May and ending
on 3 June next following the application, and a time and
place for the hearing by the revising officer of representa-
tions (if any) respecting such ruling,

and shall thereupon send to the applicant a notice of refusal of
registration stating---





(i) that such registration has been refused and giving the reasons
therefor;

(ii) that the application has been referred to the revising officer
and that the revising officer will sit on a date and at a time
and place specified in the notice (being the date, time and
place obtained under sub-paragraph (b));

(iii)that if the applicant feels aggrieved by such refusal the
applicant may appear either in person or by any other person
on that applicant's behalf before the revising officer and be
heard on the date and at the time and place so specified, or
(whether the applicant appears or not) make written
representations to reach the revising officer, at an address
stated in such notice, before the date so specified, and obtain
the determination of the revising officer on such refusal; and

(iv)that if the applicant does not appear either in person or by
any other person on that applicant's behalf before the revising
officer on the date and at the time and place so specified, and
no written representations have been received from the
applicant by the revising officer before such date, the revising
officer's determination on such refusal shall not be required
and that, in such case, the registration officer's refusal of
registration shall stand.

(5) If the applicant does not appear either in person or by any other
person on the applicant's behalf before the revising officer on the date
and at the time and place specified in the notice of refusal of registration
sent to the applicant under paragraph (4), and no written
representations have been received from the applicant by the revising
officer before such date, the revising officer's determination on the
ruling of the registration officer shall not be required, and accordingly
such ruling shall stand.

8. In every year the revising officer shall, as soon as practicable
after the conclusion of the last hearing or the last date specified for a
hearing under regulation 7 (whichever is the later) in respect of
applications for inclusion in the provisional register, and in any case
not later than 7 June next following, send to the registration officer a list
of

(a)persons whom the revising officer has determined to be
entitled to be registered in the provisional register;

(b)persons whom the revising officer has determined to be not
entitled to be registered in the provisional register; and

(c)persons in respect of whose applications the ruling of the
registration officer shall, under regulation 7(5), stand.





9. (1) As soon as practicable after 7 June in every year the
registration officer shall compile the provisional register and shall
publish in the Gazette and in at least one English language daily
newspaper and one Chinese language daily newspaper, each circulating
in Hong Kong, a notice stating that a copy of the provisional register is
available for public inspection.

(2) A copy of the provisional register shall be available for public
inspection free of charge at the address specified in the notice
published under paragraph (1) during office hours on any working day
in the period commencing on the date of publication of such notice and
ending on 1 July next following.

PART III

ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO ANNUAL
COMPILATION OF PROVISIONAL REGISTER

10. This Part shaIl not apply in relation to the compilation of a

provisional register in 1985.

11. (1) In compiling a provisional register in any year (---the
relevant year') the registration officer may make such inquiries as he
thinks fit in respect of any person whose name appears in the final
register for the year preceding the relevant year ('the existing final
register') as an elector or an authorized representative, with a view to
ascertaining whether that person

(a) in the case of an elector who is an individual

(i) is dead;

(ii) has ceased to ordinarily reside in Hong Kong;

(iii) has changed bi his identity card number;

(iv) has changed his address;

(v) has ceased to be registered as an elector under the
Electoral Provisions Ordinance; or

(vi) is disqualified under section 15(2) of the Ordinance;

(b) in the case of an elector other than an individual

(i) has changed its address to any place outside Hong
Kong; or

(ii) is disqualified under section 15(2) of the Ordinance;

(c) in the case of an authorized representative

(i) is dead,
(ii) has ceased to ordinarily reside in Hong Kong; or

(iii) has changed his identity card number.

(2) Any such inquiries may be made by notice in writing addressed
to the elector referred to in paragraph (1), or to such other person (or to
both such elector and such other person) as the





registration officer thinks fit, and may be sent by post at any time
during the period commencing on 1 January in any year and ending
on 31 March next following.

(3) Where a notice is sent to any person under paragraph (2)
in the relevant year, the registration officer shall omit from the
provisional register compiled in the relevant year the name of any
person who is the subject of any inquiry under this regulation-

(a)if, within one month of the date of such notice, the
registration officer has not received the information
required in the notice,

(b)if, in reply to such notice, the elector has indicated that the
elector does not wish the elector's name to be included in
such register;

(c)if, from the information received in reply to such notice or
from any other source, it appears to the registration officer
that-
(i) in the case of an elector who is an individual, the
elector-
(A) is dead;
(B) has ceased to ordinarily reside in Hong Kong; or
(C)is disqualified from being. or is not qualified to
be, registered in such register;
(ii) in the case of an elector other than an individual,
the elector-
(A)has changed its address to any place outside
Hong Kong; or
(B)is disqualified from being, or is not qualified to
be, registered in such register; or
(iii) in the case of an authorized representative appointed
by an elector, the authorized representative-
(A) is dead; or
(B) has ceased to ordinarily reside in Hong Kong; or

(d)if, notwithstanding any information received in reply to
such notice, the registration officer considers that-
(i) in the case of an elector who is an individual, the
elector-
(A) is dead;
(B) has ceased to ordinarily reside in Hong Kong; or
(C)is disqualified from being, or is not qualified to
be, registered in such register;
(ii) in the case of an elector other than an individual,
the elector-
(A)has changed its address to any place outside
Hong Kong; or





(B)is disqualified from being, or is not qualified to be,
registered in such register; or

(iii) in the case of an authorized representative, the
authorized representative

(A) is dead; or
(B) has ceased to ordinarily reside in Hong Kong.

(4) Where under -paragraph (3)(d) the registration officer omits the
name of any person from a provisional register, he shall proceed as
provided in regulation 7(4) as if the information received by him in reply
to a notice sent under paragraph (2) were an application received under
regulation 6, and regulations 7(5) and 8 shall apply with the necessary
modifications.

12. (1), In relation to the compilation of a provisional register in the
relevant year, any elector who considers that any of the particulars in
the existing final register

(a)relating to that elector (including, in the case of an individual,
that elector's identity card number); or

(b)relating to the authorized representative appointed by that
elector,

are, for any reason, incorrect, may notify the registration officer by post
stating the correct particulars.

(2) Where a notice under paragraph (1) is received by the
registration officer on or before 31 May in the relevant year, he may
enter the correct particulars as stated in the notice in the appropriate
place in the provisional register and make such deletions as may be
necessary.

(3) Where as a result of information obtained from inquiries made
under regulation 11 or as a result of information obtained from any other
source the registration officer on or before 30 May in the relevant year,
considers any particulars the subject of such information to be
incorrect, he may enter the correct particulars in the appropriate place in
the provisional register and make such deletions as may be necessary.

(4) Any correction made under paragraph (2) or (3) in relation to an
elector shall be notified by the registration officer to the elector by post.

13. A provisional register compiled in the relevant year shall
contain-

(a)subject to regulations 11 and 12, the particulars of those
persons whose names appear in the existing final register as
electors and authorized representatives;

(b)the particulars of those persons who, during the period in the
relevant year prescribed in regulation 6 in respect





of applications for inclusion in that register, have duly applied
for inclusion therein and whom the registration officer has
ruled, or the revising officer has determined, as the case may
be, to be entitled to be registered therein; and

(e)the particulars of any authori zed representatives included in
the specified form relating to an application referred to in sub-
paragraph (b).

PART IV

APPLICATIONS FOR INCLUSION IN FINAL REGISTER AND
OBJECTIONS

14. (1) Subject to paragraph (4) and Part VI, any person whose
name does not appear in a provisional register and who considers that
that person is entitled to be registered as an elector may apply to the
registration officer to have that person's name included in the final
register, and such application shall be in the specified form duly
completed in either English or Chinese.

(2) An application made under paragraph (1) for inclusion in the
final register shall be made, either in person or by post, to the
registration officer during the period commencing on the date of
publication of the notice under regulation 9(1) and ending on 1 July next
following.

(3) The registration officer may require any applicant under
paragraph (1) to provide proof of identity by such means as the
registration officer considers expedient.

(4) An application made under paragraph (1) by an applicant who,
by virtue of section 14 of the Ordinance, is not entitled to be registered
in more than one electoral college or functional constituency shall
contain a statement by the applicant specifying the constituency of that
applicant's choice.

15. (1) Where the registration officer receives an application under
regulation 14 for inclusion in the final register, he shall, as soon as may
be, either

(a)rule that the applicant is entitled to be registered in the final
register; or

(b)rule that the applicant is not entitled to be registered in the
final register under the Ordinance or because the applicant
has failed to comply with paragraph (4) of that regulation.

(2) Before making a ruling under paragraph (1), the registration
officer may refer the application back to the applicant for further
particulars or for further proof of the applicant's entitlement to be
registered, and shall take no further action on the application unless
such particulars or proof are supplied to the registration officer to his
satisfaction before 6 July next following the application.





(3) If the registration officer rules that 'the applicant is entitled to .
be registered in the final register he shall forthwith

(a)determine, on the basis of the application, the part of the final
register in which the applicant's particulars shall be entered;

(b) register the applicant in the final register,

and inform the applicant in writing accordingly.

(4) If the registration officer rules that the applicant is not entitled to
be registered in the final register he shall obtain forthwith. from the
revising officer a date, being a date during the period commencing on 8
July and ending on 18 July next following the application, and a time and
place for the hearing by the revising officer of representations (if any)
respecting such ruling, and shall thereupon send to the applicant a
notice of refusal of registration stating

(a)that such registration has been refused and giving the reasons
therefor;

(b)that the application has been referred to the revising officer
and that the revising officer will sit on a date and at a time and
place specified in the notice (being the date, time and place
obtained under this paragraph);

(c)that if the applicant feels aggrieved by such refusal the
applicant may appear either in person or by any other person
on that applicant's behalf before the revising officer and be
heard on the date and at the time and place so specified, or
(whether the applicant appears or not) make written
representations to reach the revising officer, at an address
stated in such notice, before the date so specified, and obtain
the determination of the revising officer on such refusal; and

(d)that if the applicant does not appear either in person or by any
other person on that applicant's behalf before the revising
officer on the date and at the time and place so specified, and
no written representations have been received from the
applicant by the revising officer before such date, the revising
officer's determination on such refusal shall not be required
and that, in such case, the registration officer's refusal of
registration shall stand.

(5) If the applicant does not appear either in person or by any other
person on the applicant's behalf before the revising officer on the date
and at the time and place specified in the notice of refusal of registration
sent to the applicant under paragraph (4), and no written representations
have been received from the applicant by the revising officer before
such date, the revising officer's determination on the ruling of the
registration officer shall not be required, and accordingly such ruling
shall stand.





16. Applications'under regulation 14 for inclusion in the final
register in any year shall be made available for inspection in the
registration officer's office during office hours on any working day
until 6 July in that year.

17. (1) Any person who considers that any other person-

(a)who has applied under regulation 14 in any year to have that
latter person's name included in the final register; or

(b) whose name appears in a provisional register in any year,

is not entitled to be registered as an elector may object to the inclusion
of such name in the final register for that year by lodging, either in
person or by post, with the registration officer, on or before 6 July in
that year, a notice of objection in the specified form duly completed in
either English or Chinese.

(2) The registration officer may call upon any person lodging a
notice of objection under paragraph (1) to provide proof of identity by
such means as the registration officer considers expedient.

18. (1) Where the registration officer receives a notice of objection
under regulation 17 relating to the inclusion of a name in the final
register for any year, he shall forthwith

(a)refer the objection to the revising officer for determination;
and

(b)obtain from him a date, being a date during the pc riod
commencing on 8 July in that year and ending on. 18 July next
following, and a time and place for the hearing by the revising
officer of the objection,

and shall thereupon notify in writing both the person objecting and the
person to whom such objection relates

(i)that the objection has been referred to the revising officer for
determination on the date and at the time and place specified
in the notification (being the date, time and place obtained
under sub-paragraph (b)); and

(ii)that the person objecting and such other person may each
appear either in person or by any other person on his or its
behalf before the revising officer and be heard on the date
and at the time and place so specified, or (whether he or it
appears or not) make written representations to reach the
revising officer, at an address stated in such notification,
before the date so specified, and obtain the determination of
the revising officer on such objection.

(2) Every such objection shall be considered by the revising officer
who shall give his determination thereon, and where the person
objecting or the other person to whom such objection relates does not
appear either in person or by any other person on his or its





behalf before the revising officer on the date and at the time and
place specified in the notification sent to him or it under paragraph
(1), and no written representations have been received from him or it
by the revising officer before such date, the revising officer may
nevertheless consider and determine the objection.

19. On or before 8 July in every year the registration officer
shall deliver to the revising officer a list containing the following
particulars-

(a)the name and address of each person who has applied
under regulation 14 for inclusion in the final register and
whom, under regulation 15(1)(b), the registration officer
has ruled to be not entitled to be registered in the final
register for that year; and

(b)the name and address of each person who has lodged a
notice of objection under regulation 17, and the name,
address and, in the case of an individual, the identity card
number of the person to whom such objection relates.

20. In every year the revising officer shall, as soon as practic-
able after the conclusion of the last hearing or the last date specified
for a hearing under regulation 15 (whichever is the later) in respect
of applications for inclusions in the final register and objections (if
any) made under regulation 17, and in any case not later than 22
July next following, send to the registration officer a list of-

(a)persons whom the revising officer has determined to be
entitled to be registered in the final register;

(b)persons whom the revising officer has determined to be not
entitled to be registered in the final register;

(c)persons in relation to whom objections have been made
under regulation 17 and allowed by the revising officer;

(d)persons in relation to whom objections have been made
under regulation 17 and disallowed by the revising officer;
and

(e) persons in respect of whose applications the ruling of the
registration officer shall, under regulation 15(5), stand.

PART V

COMPILATION OF FINAL REGISTER

21. (1) As soon as practicable in any year after receiving from
the revising officer the list referred to in regulation 20, and in any
case not later than 7 August in that year, the registration officer shall
compile the final register for that year.





(2) The final register for any year shall contain the entries and
particulars contained in the provisional register so compiled in that year
and there shall be added thereto

(a)the particulars of all persons whom, under Part IV, he has
ruled, or the revising officer has determined, as the case may
be, to be entitled to be registered as electors;

(b)the particulars of any authorized representatives appointed
after the compilation of the provisional register by any person
referred to in sub-paragraph (a),

but there shall be omitted therefrom the particulars of all persons in
respect of whom objections under regulation 17 have been allowed by
the revising officer.

22. (1) When the final register is compiled the registration officer
shall publish a notice in the Gazette and in at least one English
language daily newspaper and one Chinese language daily newspaper,
each circulating in Hong Kong,- stating that a copy of the final register
or specified part thereof is available for public inspection free of charge
during office hours on working days at the addresses specified in such
notice.

(2) On publication of the final register, the registration officer shall
deliver a copy thereof to the Chief Secretary or such other public
official as the Chief Secretary may direct.

PART VI

APPOINTMENT OF AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVES

23. (1) Subject to paragraph (2) and regulation 24, any person other
than an individual who makes an application

(a)under regulation 6 for inclusion in the provisional register; or

(b) under regulation 14 for inclusion in the final register,

shall appoint an individual as that person's authorized representative
for the purpose of these regulations and shall include the authorized
representative's name and other personal particulars in the specified
form reliting.to the application.

(2) One authorized representative only shall be appointed by an
elector under paragraph (1) but the appointment may be revoked at any
time by the elector (except during the period. of 14 days prior to or on
the day of an election) in writing in the specified form duly completed in
either English or Chinese and delivered to the registration officer.





(3) Subject to paragraph (4), where the appointment of an
authorized representative is ' revoked or an authorized representative
dies, another authorized representative shall be appointed by the elector
in writing in the specified form duly completed in either English or
Chinese and delivered to the registration officer.

(4) In special circumstances such as the sudden death or serious
illness or incapacity of an authorized representative or his absence from
Hong Kong, the registration officer may accept the appointment by the
elector of another authorized representative in place of the original
authorized representative if such appointment is notified in writing in
the specified form duly completed in either English or Chinese and
delivered to the registration officer not later than 24 hours prior to the
day of an election.

(5) The registration officer shall make such entries, deletions or
alterations in a register as may be necessary consequent upon the
appointment of an authorized representative under paragraph (3) or (4).

24. No individual shall be appointed as an authorized
representative

(a) by more than one elector; or

(b) in more than one constituency, or

(c)in any constituency in which that individual is registered as
an elector; or

(d) if that individual has not attained the age of 21 years.

PART VII

GENERAL FUNCTIONS OF REVISING
OFFICER

25. Every matter which is to be determined by the revising officer
under these regulations shall be determined before the expiration of the
period prescribed in relation to any such matter in regulation 7(4)(b)
and in regulations 15(4) and 18(1)(b), respectively, and the hearing
of.any such matter shall, so far as practicable and consistent with the
interests of justice in respect of the hearing, be continued from day to
day, other than a general holiday, until its conclusion; but, subject to
the foregoing, the hearing and determination of any such matter may be
adjourned from time to time.

26. At any time before the expiration of the period prescribed in
relation to any matter referred to in regulation 25, the revising officer
may, on his own initiative or, for good cause shown, on the application
of the registration officer or any other person concerned in any such
matter which has been previously determined by the revising officer
under these regulations within such period, review his





decision in such matter, and for this purpose may re-open and re-hear
the matter wholly or in part, and take fresh evidence, and reverse or
confirm his previous decision.

PART VIII

GENERAL

27. (1) Any person who-

(a)for the purposes of any application made under regulation 6,
14 or 17; or

(b) in reply to a notice sent to him under regulation 9(2),

makes any statement which that person knows to be false in a material
particular or recklessly makes any statement which is false in a material
particular or knowingly omits any material particular commits an offence
and is liable, in the case of an individual, to a fine of $5,000 and to
imprisonment for 6 months and, in any other case, to a fine of $5,000.

(2) Any person who fails to comply with regulation 5(6) commits an
offence and is liable, in the case of an individual. to a fine of $5,000 and
to imprisonment for 6 months and. in any other case, to a fine of $5,000.

28. The registration officer shall cause to be made available free of
charge at his office during office hours on working days and at such
other places throughout Hong Kong as he deems necessary the
specified forms referred to in regulations 6, 14, 17 and 23.

L.N. 89/85. Citation. Interpretation. (Cap. 366.) Compilation of registers. Form of registers. Particulars in registers. Applications for inclusion in provisional register. Powers and procedure on applcations for inclusion in provisional register. Revision officer's list of decisions under Part II. Publication of notice of provisional egister and inspection thereof. Application of Part III. Annual enquiry relating to provisional register. (Cap. 367.) Entry of corrected particulars in provisional register. Contents of provisional register. Applications for inclusion in final register. Powers and procedure on application for inclusion in final register. Inspection of applications. Notices of objection. Procedure on objections. Registration officer's list of refusals and objections. Revising officer's list of decisions under Part IV. Compilation of final register. Publication of notice of register and inspection thereof. Appointment and replacement of authorized representative. Restructions on appointment. Determiniation of matters by revising officer. Review of decisions by revising officers. Offences and penalties. Certain specified forms to be made available.

L.N. 89/85. Citation. Interpretation. (Cap. 366.) Compilation of registers. Form of registers. Particulars in registers. Applications for inclusion in provisional register. Powers and procedure on applcations for inclusion in provisional register. Revision officer's list of decisions under Part II. Publication of notice of provisional egister and inspection thereof. Application of Part III. Annual enquiry relating to provisional register. (Cap. 367.) Entry of corrected particulars in provisional register. Contents of provisional register. Applications for inclusion in final register. Powers and procedure on application for inclusion in final register. Inspection of applications. Notices of objection. Procedure on objections. Registration officer's list of refusals and objections. Revising officer's list of decisions under Part IV. Compilation of final register. Publication of notice of register and inspection thereof. Appointment and replacement of authorized representative. Restructions on appointment. Determiniation of matters by revising officer. Review of decisions by revising officers. Offences and penalties. Certain specified forms to be made available.

https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/3424

1964

v24

381

17