### meaning assigned to it by section 11(1) of the Schedule to the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (Cap. 569) 《行政長官選舉條例》

31. Chief Electoral Officer to send poll cards to voters and authorized representatives
(1) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), for every contested subsector election, the Chief Electoral Officer must, at least 5 days before polling day, send a poll card to each voter and authorized representative.
(2) A poll card need not be sent to a voter or authorized representative if—
(a) the Chief Electoral Officer is satisfied, having regard to information received from the Registrar of Births and Deaths, that the voter or authorized representative is dead; or
(b) the Chief Electoral Officer is satisfied that the voter’s or authorized representative’s address as recorded in the subsector final register—
(i) does not exist;
(ii) refers to a building that has been demolished; or
(iii) refers to a building that is not built at the time poll cards are to be sent.
(2A) A poll card sent to a voter or authorized representative who will be serving a sentence of imprisonment in a prison on the polling day must be addressed to the voter or authorized representative and sent, as far as practicable, to the prison. (L.N. 132 of 2009)
(3) A poll card need not be sent under subsection (1) to a corporate voter.
(4) If the Chief Electoral Officer receives notice of the substitution or replacement of an authorized representative within the 5 days preceding polling day, that Officer need not send a poll card to the substitute or replacement authorized representative. The Chief Electoral Officer must inform that substitute or replacement authorized representative of the polling station allocated to him or her in a manner that Officer thinks fit.
(5) The Chief Electoral Officer must state in the poll card the polling station or polling stations at which the voter or authorized representative must cast his or her vote or votes.
(6) As soon as practicable after having allocated to a voter or authorized representative an alternative polling station under section 30(4), the Chief Electoral Officer must, in a manner that Officer considers appropriate—
(a) notify—
(i) the voter or authorized representative;
(ii) the Returning Officer; and
(iii) the Presiding Officer of the polling station previously allocated to the voter or authorized representative,
of the alternative polling station; and
(b) notify—
(i) the Returning Officer;
(ii) the Presiding Officer of the polling station previously allocated to the voter or authorized representative; and
(iii) the Presiding Officer of the alternative polling station,

of the name, identity document number and residential address (as they appear in the subsector final register) of the voter or authorized representative and the subsector for which the voter or authorized representative is entitled to vote.
(7) In this section, corporate voter (團體投票人) has the meaning assigned to it by section 11(1) of the Schedule to the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (Cap. 569).

### meaning assigned to it by section 11(1) of the Schedule to the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (Cap. 569) 《行政長官選舉條例》

32. Person to vote at correct polling station
(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person may only vote at the polling station or polling stations allocated to him or her under section 30.
(2) A person who is allocated a special polling station under section 33 may only vote at that special polling station.

### meaning assigned to it by section 11(1) of the Schedule to the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (Cap. 569) 《行政長官選舉條例》

34. Chief Electoral Officer to appoint or remove Presiding Officer, etc. for each polling station
(L.N. 114 of 2006; L.N. 75 of 2011)(1) The Chief Electoral Officer must appoint a person to preside at each polling station.
(2) The Chief Electoral Officer may appoint, as polling officers, persons that Officer considers suitable to assist the Presiding Officer in the conduct of a poll.
(3) The Chief Electoral Officer may, at any time, with reasonable cause revoke the appointment of any Presiding Officer or polling officer. (L.N. 114 of 2006; L.N. 176 of 2006)

35. Chief Electoral Officer to supply candidates with copy of subsector final register
(1) The Chief Electoral Officer must supply to each candidate a copy of the part of the subsector final register which relates to the subsector for which that candidate is nominated.
(2) A copy under this section must be supplied to a candidate as soon as practicable after the relevant subsector nomination form is submitted to the Returning Officer. The copy may contain such additional particulars or information as the Chief Electoral Officer thinks fit to include.
(3) The form in which the copy is supplied may be a printed form, a form which is capable of being read by a computer or any other form determined by the Chief Electoral Officer.
(4) A copy for the purposes of this section may be supplied to the election agent of the candidate instead of to the candidate.

36. Chief Electoral Officer to supply Returning Officer with copy of subsector final register
(1) The Chief Electoral Officer must supply to the Returning Officer a copy of the part of the subsector final register which relates to the subsector for which that Returning Officer is appointed.
(2) A copy under this section must be supplied after the relevant notice of nominations is published under section 18.
(3) The copy may contain the identity document numbers of the voters and authorized representatives and such other additional particulars or information as the Chief Electoral Officer thinks fit to include.
(4) The form in which the copy is supplied may be a printed form, a form which is capable of being read by a computer or any other form determined by the Chief Electoral Officer.

### meaning assigned to it by section 11(1) of the Schedule to the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (Cap. 569) 《行政長官選舉條例》

37. Chief Electoral Officer to carry out other duties relating to polling stations
(1) The Chief Electoral Officer must provide at each polling station sufficient compartments as that Officer considers necessary to enable voters and authorized representatives to mark ballot papers, screened from observation.
(2) The Chief Electoral Officer must supply to each Presiding Officer, the number of ballot papers the Chief Electoral Officer considers necessary for the subsector or subsectors for which the polling station is to be used for polling. The Chief Electoral Officer must ensure that the name of any deceased or disqualified candidate regarding whom notice under section 20(1) or 21(1) is given or declarations under section 20(3) or 21(3) are made, and other information relating to that candidate, if printed on the ballot papers, are crossed out. (1 of 2019 s. 39)
(3) The Chief Electoral Officer must also supply to the Presiding Officer a copy of the part of the subsector final register relating to that subsector or subsectors.
(4) The copy may contain the identity document numbers of the voters and authorized representatives and such other additional particulars or information as the Chief Electoral Officer thinks fit to include.
(5) The form in which the copy is supplied may be a printed form, a form which is capable of being read by a computer or any other form determined by the Chief Electoral Officer.
(6) The Chief Electoral Officer must provide at each polling station—
(a) materials; and
(b) if the polling station is to be used for polling for a subsector by-election in relation to which the Commission has made a direction under section 56(2), chops bearing the mark “✓”, with or without any design,
that are necessary to enable voters and authorized representatives to mark the ballot papers.
(7) The Chief Electoral Officer must do other acts and things as that Officer considers necessary for holding the poll effectively.

37A. Presiding Officer to display notice relating to deceased or disqualified candidates
(1) This section applies if—
(a) the name of, and other information relating to, a candidate (applicable candidate