### 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》

28A. Chief Electoral Officer may require certain premises for use as polling stations or counting stations
(1) For the purposes of section 28(1)(a) or (b), the Chief Electoral Officer may, by written notice, require an owner or occupier of any target premises to—
(a) allow an authorized person to carry out a site visit at the premises for enabling the Officer to determine whether the premises are suitable for use as a polling station or counting station in a subsector election; and
(b) if the Officer considers the premises suitable—take the steps specified in subsection (2).
(2) The steps specified for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) are—
(a) to make available the premises for use as a polling station or counting station in the subsector election; and
(b) to allow an authorized person to carry out preparatory work and store materials at the premises for a purpose relating to such use.
(3) If any target premises are used as a polling station or counting station as a result of a person’s compliance with a requirement made under subsection (1), the Chief Electoral Officer must pay to the person a user fee for the period during which the premises are so used.
(4) The amount of the user fee payable under subsection (3) is to be—
(a) agreed between the person and the Chief Electoral Officer; or
(b) if no agreement can be reached—determined by the court by reference to the loss suffered by the person for making available the premises.
(5) A user fee payable under subsection (3) is to be paid out of the general revenue.
(6) A person who fails to comply with a requirement made under subsection (1) is liable to pay a financial penalty of $50,000, which is recoverable as a civil debt due to the Government.
(7) In this section—
authorized person (獲授權人) means a person authorized in writing by the Chief Electoral Officer for the purposes of this section;

occupier (佔用人), in relation to any target premises—
(a) means a tenant, subtenant or any other person in lawful occupation of the premises; but
(b) does not include an owner of the premises;

owner (業主), in relation to any target premises, means—
(a) a person who appears from the records at the Land Registry to be the owner of—
(i) the land on which the premises are situated; or
(ii) if the land is divided into shares—an undivided share in the land that relates to the premises; and
(b) a registered mortgagee in possession of such land or share;

target premises (目標處所) means a school or building described in section 28(2)(c) or (d) or any part of it.
(14 of 2021 s. 206)

### 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》

29. Chief Electoral Officer to designate some polling stations as special polling stations
(1) If the polling station or polling stations designated by the Chief Electoral Officer for a subsector would be difficult of access for persons with a disability, the Chief Electoral Officer must designate one or more polling stations as special polling station or stations to be used for voting by them. (15 of 2016 s. 62)
(2) Only a polling station which, in the opinion of the Chief Electoral Officer, is suitable for use by persons referred to in subsection (1) may be designated as a special polling station.
(2A) The Chief Electoral Officer may, for the purpose of subsection (1), designate as a special polling station any place which has been designated as a polling station under section 28. (L.N. 114 of 2006)
(3) In a notice published under section 28(1), the Chief Electoral Officer must indicate—
(a) the special polling stations (if any); and
(b) the subsector or subsectors for which a particular special polling station is designated. (15 of 2016 s. 62)

### 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》

30. Chief Electoral Officer may arrange for voting for subsectors to take place at polling station and to allocate polling stations to voters and authorized representatives
(1) The Chief Electoral Officer may make arrangements for voting for more than one subsector to take place at one polling station.
(2) The Chief Electoral Officer must allocate to each voter and authorized representative a polling station or polling stations to cast the vote or votes he or she is entitled to cast at a subsector election.
(2A) If a voter or authorized representative will be serving a sentence of imprisonment on the polling day, the Chief Electoral Officer may allocate to the voter or authorized representative a dedicated polling station to cast the vote or votes he or she is entitled to cast at a subsector election. (L.N. 132 of 2009)
(3) If a person is entitled to cast more than one vote (one as a voter and the other as an authorized representative), the Chief Electoral Officer may allocate to that person the same polling station to cast both the votes.
(4) The Chief Electoral Officer may, if that Officer considers it appropriate to do so in the circumstances, allocate to a voter or authorized representative an alternative polling station, in addition to or in substitution of the polling station or any of the polling stations, as the case may be, allocated under subsection (2), to cast the vote or votes he or she is entitled to cast at a subsector election.
(5) To enable the Chief Electoral Officer to perform his or her functions under this section in relation to electors, the Commissioner of Correctional Services must, upon a request by the Chief Electoral Officer, provide the following information concerning every person who is serving a sentence of imprisonment or detained by the Correctional Services Department on remand—
(a) the name of the person;
(b) the number of the person’s identity document;
(c) the prisoner registration number allocated by the Commissioner of Correctional Services to the person for identification purposes;
(d) the name and address of the premises in which the person is detained. (L.N. 75 of 2011)
(6) To enable the Chief Electoral Officer to perform his or her functions under this section in relation to electors, the head of any law enforcement agency must, upon a request by the Chief Electoral Officer, provide the following information concerning every person who is detained by the law enforcement agency under any lawful authority—
(a) the name of the person;
(b) the number of the person’s identity document;
(c) the name and address of the premises in which the person is detained. (L.N. 75 of 2011)