### same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Election Ordinance 《選舉條例》

5. Entries in Indigenous Villages and Composite Indigenous Villages register
(1) In an Indigenous Villages and Composite Indigenous Villages register, an entry relating to a person must show—
(a) the name of the person; and
(b) if—
(i) the person has provided to the ERO the person’s principal residential address—the address; or
(ii) the person has provided to the ERO the person’s correspondence address but not the person’s principal residential address—the correspondence address. (L.N. 174 of 2017)
(2) The principal residential address is to be recorded in the language in which it appears in the application made under section 9(1) or the request made under section 20(1). (L.N. 174 of 2017)
(3) Subject to subsection (4), the name is to be recorded—
(a) in Chinese, if the principal residential address appears in Chinese in the application made under section 9(1) or the request made under section 20(1); and
(b) in English, if that address appears in English in the application made under section 9(1) or the request made under section 20(1). (L.N. 174 of 2017)
(4) If in the application made under section 9(1) or 19A(1) (application

6. How entries are to be arranged in register
In a register, the order in which names of persons are to be arranged in a division is as follows—
(a) the names in Chinese, arranged according to the number of strokes of the first Chinese character of the respective surnames, as written in traditional Chinese characters, are to be recorded first; and
(b) the names in English, arranged according to the alphabetical order of the respective surnames, must follow the entries at paragraph (a).

7. ERO to determine residual matters as to form
Subject to this Part, the ERO may determine the form of a register.

### same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Election Ordinance 《選舉條例》

9. When to apply for registration in provisional registers
(12 of 2009 s. 23)(1) A person seeking registration in a provisional register must make an application to the ERO, in accordance with section 10, to be received by the ERO on or before 16 June of the current year.
(2) An application received by the ERO after 16 June in any year, but on or before 16 June in the following year, must be treated by the ERO as an application received on or before 16 June of that following year for registration in the provisional register to be compiled for that following year.
(3) (Repealed 12 of 2009 s. 23)(12 of 2009 s. 23; L.N. 162 of 2021)

10. How to apply for registration in provisional register
(1) The following applies to an application for registration in a provisional register—
(a) the application must be made on the specified form;
(b) the specified form must be completed either in Chinese or English; and
(c) the application must be signed by the person seeking to be registered.
(1A) For an application for registration in the Existing Villages provisional register or the Market Towns provisional register, the ERO may require the applicant to submit together with the application documentary evidence that proves that the address stated in the application is the principal residential address of the applicant. (L.N. 162 of 2021)
(2) A person seeking registration in the Indigenous Villages and Composite Indigenous Villages provisional register must, at the time of applying to be registered, furnish to the ERO, for the purpose of determining eligibility, a copy of the person’s identity document if that identity document is not an identity card.

### same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Election Ordinance 《選舉條例》

11. ERO to determine whether or not applicant is eligible for registration
(1) When the ERO receives an application by a person for registration—
(a) in the Existing Villages provisional register, the ERO must, as soon as practicable, but subject to subsections (2) and (3) and sections 12 and 13, determine either—
(i) that the applicant is eligible to be so registered; or
(ii) that the applicant is not eligible to be so registered; (5 of 2014 s. 22)
(b) in the Indigenous Villages and Composite Indigenous Villages provisional register, the ERO must, as soon as practicable, but subject to subsections (2) and (4) and sections 12 and 14, determine either—
(i) that the applicant is eligible to be so registered; or
(ii) that the applicant is not eligible to be so registered; or (5 of 2014 s. 22)
(c) in the Market Towns provisional register, the ERO must, as soon as practicable, but subject to subsections (2) and (5) and sections 12 and 14A, determine either—
(i) that the applicant is eligible to be so registered; or 
(ii) that the applicant is not eligible to be so registered. (5 of 2014 s. 22)
(2) The ERO must not consider an application further if at any stage the ERO is satisfied on reasonable grounds that the application is manifestly an abuse of the registration procedure.
(3) If, in relation to an application for registration in the Existing Villages provisional register, the ERO is satisfied on reasonable grounds that the applicant is already registered in the existing final register for Existing Villages, for the Village named by the applicant on the application, the ERO may decide not to consider the application further.
(4) If, in relation to an application for registration in the Indigenous Villages and Composite Indigenous Villages provisional register, the ERO is satisfied on reasonable grounds that the applicant is already registered in the existing Indigenous Villages and Composite Indigenous Villages final register, for the Village named by the applicant on the application, the ERO may decide not to consider the application further.
(5) If, for an application for registration in the Market Towns provisional register, the ERO is satisfied on reasonable grounds that the applicant is already registered in the existing final register for Market Towns, for the Market Town named by the applicant on the application, the ERO may decide not to consider the application further. (5 of 2014 s. 22)