### 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》

38. Chief Electoral Officer to supply list of polling officers to assist Presiding Officer
(1) The Chief Electoral Officer must supply to the Presiding Officer a list of the polling officers appointed for the polling station for which that Presiding Officer is appointed.
(2) The Chief Electoral Officer must supply to the Returning Officer for a subsector a list of the polling officers appointed for the polling stations at which polling for that subsector is to take place.
(3) The Presiding Officer must display the list referred to in subsection (1) in a prominent place— (L.N. 75 of 2011)
(a) (if the polling station for which the Officer is appointed is not a dedicated polling station) outside the polling station; or
(b) (if the polling station for which the Officer is appointed is a dedicated polling station) inside the polling station. (L.N. 75 of 2011)

39. Presiding Officer to exhibit at polling station notice providing information for guidance of voters
(1) The Presiding Officer of a polling station must ensure that a notice providing information for the guidance of voters and authorized representatives in voting procedure is— (L.N. 132 of 2009)
(a) exhibited—
(i) if the polling station is not a dedicated polling station, outside the polling station; or
(ii) if the polling station is a dedicated polling station, inside the polling station; and
(b) exhibited inside every voting compartment of the polling station. (L.N. 132 of 2009)
(2) A notice under subsection (1) must be in the specified form.

### 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》

47. Design of ballot box
A ballot box to be used for a subsector election is to be so constructed that ballot papers can be introduced into it while it is locked but cannot be withdrawn from it without unlocking it or breaking the seal or the sealing device.

### 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》

48. Presiding Officer to seal ballot box before commencement of poll
(1) Immediately before the commencement of the poll, the Presiding Officer must show each ballot box, empty, to the persons, if any, as are then present within the polling station. Then the Presiding Officer must lock the ballot box, seal it with a seal provided for that purpose or any other device specified by the Chief Electoral Officer, so that it cannot be opened without breaking the seal or the device.
(2) The Presiding Officer must place the ballot box for the receipt of ballot papers in that Officer’s view or in the view of any other polling officers, and must keep it locked and sealed.

### 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》

49A. Arrangement for giving ballot papers to elderly persons, pregnant women, etc.
(1) The Presiding Officer may designate an area in the polling station for giving a ballot paper to a person—
(a) who is not less than 70 years of age;
(b) whose document specified in section 50(1A)(a), (ab), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) shows the year of birth, without the month and day of birth, of the person which is 70 years earlier than the year within which the polling day falls;
(c) whose document specified in section 50(1A)(a), (ab), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) shows, without the day of birth—
(i) the year of birth of the person which is 70 years earlier than the year within which the polling day falls; and
(ii) the month of birth of the person which is the same as the month within which the polling day falls;
(d) who is pregnant; or
(e) who, because of illness, injury, disability or dependence on mobility aids—
(i) is not able to queue for a long time; or
(ii) has difficulty in queuing.
(2) If the Presiding Officer is satisfied that a person who arrives at, or is present in, the polling station to vote falls within the description in subsection (1)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e), the Officer may direct the person to immediately proceed to the following location to apply for a ballot paper—
(a) the area designated under subsection (1); or
(b) if there is a queue extending from that area—the end of the queue.
(14 of 2021 s. 208)

### 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》

51. Questions to be asked of persons applying for ballot paper
(1) The Presiding Officer may, at the time a person applies for a ballot paper, but not afterwards, ask, in case of doubt, the appropriate questions set out in subsection (3).
(2) When asking the questions, the Presiding Officer must have regard to whether the person applying for the ballot paper is a voter or an authorized representative. That Officer must choose, frame, adjust or modify the questions accordingly.
(3) The questions referred to in subsections (1) and (2) are—
(a) “Are you the person registered in the subsector final register now in effect for this subsector, as follows (the Presiding Officer to read the whole entry as it is recorded in the register)?” or “你是否已登記在就本界別分組正有效的界別分組正式投票人登記冊上，並且有關登記記項一如以下所述 (the Presiding Officer to read the whole entry as it is recorded in the register)?”;
(b) “Have you already voted for this subsector?” or “你是否已經就本界別分組投票?”.
(4) The Presiding Officer must ask the appropriate questions set out in subsection (3) if so required by a candidate, an election agent or a polling agent.
(5) The Presiding Officer must not issue a ballot paper to any person who fails to answer the questions asked of that person under this section to the satisfaction of that 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》

52. Candidate or election agent or polling agent may challenge person who has applied for ballot paper or who has voted
(L.N. 75 of 2011)(1) If a candidate, an election agent or a polling agent declares to the Presiding Officer that he or she has reasonable cause to believe that a person has engaged in corrupt conduct by impersonation and undertakes in writing to substantiate the allegation in a court, the Presiding Officer may take the step specified in subsection (2A). A candidate, an election agent or a polling agent may so declare only at the time a person applies for the ballot paper or after a person has applied for a ballot paper and before he or she has left the polling station.
(2) If the Presiding Officer has reason to believe that a person applying for a ballot paper or who has applied for a ballot paper and who has not left the polling station has engaged in corrupt conduct by impersonation, the Presiding Officer may take the step specified in subsection (2A).
(2A) The step specified for the purposes of subsections (1) and (2) is—
(a) if the polling station is not a dedicated polling station, requesting a police officer to arrest the person concerned; or
(b) if the polling station is a dedicated polling station, requesting an officer of the Correctional Services Department or any law enforcement agency to remove the person concerned from the polling station and report the case to the police. (L.N. 132 of 2009)
(3) A person regarding whom a declaration is made under subsection (1) (whether or not that person is arrested or removed under that subsection) or a person who has been arrested or removed pursuant to a request made under subsection (2) is not to be prevented from voting only by reason of the declaration, arrest or removal. (L.N. 75 of 2011)
(4) In this section, the reference to “corrupt conduct by impersonation” is to be construed as the corrupt conduct referred to in section 15 of the Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance (Cap. 554). (E.R. 1 of 2020)
(L.N. 132 of 2009)