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Publication of notice of provisional register and inspection thereof. Application of Part III.

641114/14 Annual enquiry relating to provisional register. (Cap. 367.)

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

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[1985 Ed.

(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 shall 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 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