Cap 541B s 22 Electoral Registration Officer may make inquiries regarding persons registered in the existing functional constituencies or subsector final register (ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (REGISTRATION) (ELECTORS FOR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FUNCTIONAL

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Chapter:	541B	Title:	ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (REGISTRATION) (ELECTORS FOR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES) (VOTERS FOR ELECTION COMMITTEE SUBSECTORS) (MEMBERS OF ELECTION COMMITTEE) REGULATION	Gazette Number:	L.N. 71 of 2011
Section:	22	Heading:	Electoral Registration Officer may make inquiries regarding persons registered in the existing functional constituencies or subsector final register	Version Date:	08/07/2011

(1) In compiling a functional constituencies provisional register or a subsector provisional register, the Electoral Registration Officer may, in accordance with this section, make inquiries that Officer considers fit, to ascertain- (L.N. 307 of 1999; L.N. 200 of 2001)

(a) (i) in relation to the compilation of a functional constituencies provisional register, whether a natural person whose name is recorded in the existing functional constituencies final register-

(A) is dead;

(B) is not eligible to be registered under section 25, 27, 28, 29 or 30 of the Legislative Council Ordinance (Cap 542); or

(ii) in relation to the compilation of a subsector provisional register, whether a natural person whose name is recorded in the existing subsector final register-

(A) is dead; or

(B) is not eligible to be registered under section 12 of the Schedule to the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (Cap 569); or (L.N. 307 of 1999; L.N. 200 of 2001)

(b) whether the address recorded in the existing final register against a person's name is no longer that person's principal residential address.

(2) In compiling a functional constituencies provisional register or a subsector provisional register, the Electoral Registration Officer may, in accordance with this section, make inquiries that Officer considers fit to ascertain whether a body whose relevant particulars are recorded in the existing final register is eligible to be registered in the functional constituencies provisional register or the subsector provisional register (as the case may be). (L.N. 307 of 1999; L.N. 200 of 2001)
(3) An inquiry must be made in writing. It must be sent by registered post addressed to the person from whom it is made.
(3A) A letter of inquiry sent to a person under subsection (3) must state that if the result of the inquiry falls under section 24(1)(i)(A), (D) or (F), the Electoral Registration Officer may, in compiling a functional constituencies provisional register, record the personal particulars of the person under the District Council (second) functional constituency unless the person elects not to be registered as an elector for that constituency. (L.N. 71 of 2011)
(4) An inquiry under subsection (2) may be directed to the responsible person of the body concerned.
(5) The Electoral Registration Officer may make an inquiry from a person whose name is recorded in an existing final register- (L.N. 307 of 1999; L.N. 200 of 2001; L.N. 255 of 2002)

(a) in relation to the compilation of a functional constituencies provisional register or a subsector provisional register for a District Council election year, only on or before 30 June in that year; or (L.N. 255 of 2002)

(b) in relation to the compilation of a functional constituencies provisional register or a subsector provisional register for a year which is not a District Council election year, only on or before 30 April in that year. (L.N. 255 of 2002)

(6) The Electoral Registration Officer may make an inquiry from any other source that Officer considers appropriate, at any time.
(7) Section 9(5) and (6) applies to an inquiry made under this section and information obtained under this section subject to necessary modifications.