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[Subsidiary]
CAP. 381] Legislative Council (Electoral Provisions)
(Registration of Electors and Appointment of Authorized Representatives) Regulations
[1985 Ed.
(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.