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541K PDFTitle:Electoral Affairs Commission (Registration of Electors) (Village Representative Election) RegulationGazette Number:E.R. 2 of 2012
Section:17Heading:ERO may make inquiries about persons registered in existing final registerVersion Date:02/08/2012

(1) When compiling a provisional register, the ERO may, in accordance with this section, make inquiries as the ERO considers fit, to ascertain the following-

    (a) whether a person whose name and principal residential address are recorded in the existing final register for Existing Villages is dead;
    (b) whether a person whose name and principal residential address are recorded in the existing final register for Existing Villages is not entitled to be registered because of section 15(3) of the Election Ordinance;
    (c) whether the address recorded against a person's name in the existing final register for Existing Villages is no longer the person's principal residential address;
    (d) whether a person whose name and principal residential address are recorded in the existing final register for Existing Villages is not eligible to be registered because of section 15(4) of the Election Ordinance;
    (e) whether a person whose name and principal residential address are recorded in the existing final register for Existing Villages is disqualified from being registered because of section 16 of the Election Ordinance;
    (f) whether a person whose name is recorded in the existing Indigenous Villages and Composite Indigenous Villages final register is dead;
    (g) whether a person whose name is recorded in the existing Indigenous Villages and Composite Indigenous Villages final register is not eligible to be registered because of section 15(5) of the Election Ordinance;
    (h) whether a person whose name is recorded in the existing Indigenous Villages and Composite Indigenous Villages final register is disqualified from being registered because of section 16 of the Election Ordinance.
(2) An inquiry for the purpose of compiling-
    (a) the Existing Villages provisional register, must be made in writing and sent by registered post, addressed to the person from whom the inquiry is made; and
    (b) the Indigenous Villages and Composite Indigenous Villages provisional register, must be made in writing and sent by registered post, addressed to the person from whom the inquiry is made.
(3) The ERO may make an inquiry from a person whose name is recorded in a final register, only on or before 30 June of the current year. (12 of 2009 s. 25)
(4) The ERO may make an inquiry from any other source that the ERO considers appropriate at any time.
(5) For the avoidance of doubt, it is stated that the ERO may make an inquiry under this section only for the purpose of preparing a register.
(6) A person may use information obtained under this section only for the purpose of preparing a register or in connection with an investigation or proceedings relating to an offence under this Regulation.
(7) In this section, prepare (擬備) means compile, revise, correct or publish.