### 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》

53. Presiding Officer to issue ballot papers to voter or authorized representative
(1) At a polling station used only for polling for one subsector, the Presiding Officer is, subject to subsection (3), to issue one ballot paper to a person who is voting only as a voter or only as an authorized representative.
(2) At a polling station used for polling for more than one subsector, the Presiding Officer is, subject to subsection (3), to issue—
(a) one appropriate ballot paper to a person who is voting only as a voter or only as an authorized representative; and
(b) 2 appropriate ballot papers to a person who is voting as a voter and as an authorized representative.
(3) Subject to section 60, if a person has been issued with a ballot paper for a subsector, a Presiding Officer must not issue another ballot paper for the subsector to that person.
(3A) If a person is entitled to be issued with 2 ballot papers, the ballot papers must be handed over to the person at the same time. (1 of 2019 s. 89)
(4) Before a ballot paper is issued under this section, the name of the voter or authorized representative, as may be applicable, as stated in the copy of the subsector final register must be called out.
(5) Immediately before issuing the ballot paper, the Presiding Officer must— (14 of 2021 s. 209)
(a) if a printed copy of the subsector final register is used to record the issue—mark the copy by placing a line across the name and identity document number of the voter or authorized representative; or
(b) if an FR electronic copy or extract (as defined by section 112) of the subsector final register is used to record the issue—make, by using an electronic device, a record in the entry relating to the voter or authorized representative in the FR electronic copy or extract,
to denote that the ballot paper or ballot papers the voter or authorized representative is entitled to have issued to him or her at the relevant polling station has been or have been so issued. (14 of 2021 s. 209)
(6) No record is to be made of the particular ballot paper issued to a voter or authorized representative.

### 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》

54. Procedure for voting
(1) Subject to section 55, a voter or authorized representative who has been issued with a ballot paper must immediately cast his or her vote. When a voter or authorized representative is issued with a ballot paper, he or she must immediately go into a voting compartment and mark the ballot paper as appropriate. (L.N. 114 of 2006)
(1A) After marking a ballot paper, a voter or authorized representative must put the ballot paper into the ballot box in accordance with any direction given under subsection (1B). (L.N. 114 of 2006)
(1B) The Commission may direct, in such manner as it thinks fit, a voter or authorized representative—
(a) to put the ballot paper, unfolded, into the ballot box with the marked side facing down;
(b) to—
(i) fold the ballot paper so that the marked side is inside; and
(ii) put the folded ballot paper into the ballot box; 
(c) to—
(i) put the ballot paper, unfolded, into an envelope provided at the polling station; and
(ii) put the ballot paper contained in the envelope into the ballot box; or
(d) to—
(i) fold the ballot paper so that the marked side is inside;
(ii) put the folded ballot paper into an envelope provided at the polling station; and
(iii) put the ballot paper contained in the envelope into the ballot box. (L.N. 114 of 2006)
(2) A voter or authorized representative must leave the polling station as soon as he or she has put the ballot paper into the ballot box.
(3) A person must not put anything into the ballot box other than a marked ballot paper or an envelope referred to in subsection (1B). (L.N. 75 of 2011)
(4) Except where it is provided otherwise in this Regulation, a person must not remove a ballot paper from a polling station. A person who contravenes this subsection commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(5) In this section, voting compartment (投票間) means a compartment provided under section 37(1) for the purpose of marking ballot papers.

### 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》

56. How ballot papers are to be marked
(1) Subject to subsection (2), a voter or authorized representative voting at a subsector election must mark the ballot paper by filling in black the ovals on it opposite the names of the candidates of his or her choice. (1 of 2019 s. 53)
(2) The Commission may, in relation to a subsector by-election, direct that the ballot paper must be marked with a chop provided for that purpose by the Chief Electoral Officer at the polling station and bearing the mark “✓”, with or without any design. If the Commission so directs—
(a) a voter or authorized representative voting at the subsector by-election must mark the ballot paper with the chop; and
(b) the chop is to be affixed to give a single “✓” in the circles on the ballot paper opposite the names of the candidates of the voter’s or authorized representative’s choice.
(3) At a subsector ordinary election, a voter or authorized representative may vote for as many candidates as the number of EC members to be elected by the subsector concerned. At a subsector by-election, a voter or authorized representative may vote for as many candidates as the number of EC members to be returned at the subsector by-election. (14 of 2021 s. 210)

57. Marking of ballot papers for or by incapacitated person
(1) The Presiding Officer may mark a ballot paper for a voter or authorized representative who is or claims that he or she is unable to read or is incapacitated from voting due to blindness or other physical cause. The Presiding Officer may do so only on the application of such a voter or authorized representative.
(2) The Presiding Officer must mark the ballot paper for a person referred to in subsection (1) in the presence of a polling officer and in the appropriate manner specified in section 56, according to the choice of the voter or authorized representative. The Presiding Officer must put the ballot paper into the ballot box in the presence of a polling officer and in the appropriate manner described in section 54, after marking it.
(3) A voter or authorized representative who is blind or claims that he or she is blind may make use of a template to mark the ballot paper if a template is provided for that purpose at the polling station.

58. When person is to be issued with ballot paper marked “重複” and “TENDERED”
(1) Subject to subsection (2) and section 55, if a person (the first-mentioned person