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Electoral Provisions (Registration of
[1984 Ed.
Electors) Regulations
[Subsidiary]
Determination of matters
and powers of adjournment,
etc.
Review of decisions by revising officer.
PART IV
GENERAL FUNCTIONS OF REVISING OFFICER
21. 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(3)(b) and in regulations 14(3) and 17(1)(b), respectively, and the hearing of any such matter shall, so far as is practicable consistently 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.
22. At any time before the expiration of the period prescribed in relation to any matter referred to in regulation 21, 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 previously determined by the revising officer under these regulations within the same 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.
Compilation of final register.
Publication and distribution of final register.
PART V
FINAL REGISTER
23. As soon as is convenient after the receipt from the revising officer of the list referred to in regulation 19, the registration officer shall compile the final register which shall consist of the provisional register—
(a) with the addition thereto of the particulars of all persons whom, under Part III, he has ruled or the revising officer has determined to be entitled to be registered as electors;
(b) with the omission therefrom of the particulars of all persons in respect of which objections under regulation 16 have been allowed by the revising officer; and
(c) with any corrections made under regulation 20.
24. (1) Publication of the final register shall be made by notice in the Gazette and in at least one English language newspaper and in at least one Chinese language newspaper, each circulating in Hong Kong, to the effect that a copy of the final register or specified part thereof is available for public inspection during office hours on working days at the addresses specified in such notice.
(2) As soon as the final register has been published, the registration officer shall transmit a copy thereof to the Chief Secretary.