1988 Ed.] Legislative Council (Electoral Provisions) [CAP. 381 (Procedure) Regulations
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[Subsidiary]
(2) Immediately before the issue by a polling officer of a ballot paper to an elector or authorized representative and without identifying that ballot paper in any way the polling officer shall—
(a) call out the name of the elector or authorized representative as shown
in the polling officer's copy of the register; and
(b) mark his copy of the register by striking through the entry containing
the particulars of that elector or authorized representative.
(3) Where any question arises whether a ballot paper should be issued under this regulation, the polling officer may consult with the presiding officer in deciding that question.
Marking of ballot papers
32. (1) Subject to regulation 33, an elector or authorized representative, on receiving the ballot paper, shall forthwith proceed into one of the compartments in the polling station and there secretly mark his ballot paper in accordance with the directions thereon and in accordance with Part I of the Second Schedule and fold up the ballot paper so as to conceal his vote and put the ballot paper, so folded up, into the ballot box in the presence of the presiding officer. (L.N. 190/88)
(2) An elector or authorized representative shall vote without undue delay and, unless he is allowed to remain by the presiding officer, shall leave the polling station as soon as he has put his ballot paper into the ballot box.
Votes marked by presiding officer
33. The presiding officer, on the application of—
(a) an elector or authorized representative who is incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause from voting in accordance with regulation 32; or
(b) an elector or authorized representative who declares that he is unable
to read,
shall mark the ballot paper of the elector or authorized representative in the manner directed by that person and put the ballot paper, folded up so as to conceal the vote, into the ballot box.
Tendered ballot papers
34. (1) Subject to subregulation (2), if in any poll a person, representing himself to be an elector or authorized representative named in the register of electors, applies for a ballot paper after another person has been issued with a ballot paper in respect of such elector or authorized representative and the entry in the register containing the particulars of that elector or authorized representative has been struck through under regulation 31(2)(b), the applicant shall, upon answering the questions set out in regulation 29(1) to the satisfaction of the presiding officer, be entitled to be issued with a ballot paper and to mark such ballot paper in the same manner as any other elector or authorized representative.
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