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The following is issued on behalf of the Electoral Affairs Commission:
Under the Particulars Relating to Candidates on Ballot Papers (Legislative Council and District Councils) Regulation (Cap. 541M), candidates in Legislative Council and District Council elections and by-elections may apply to have certain registered particulars printed on the ballot papers for easier identification by electors.
Bodies or persons wishing to register or amend their particulars with the Electoral Affairs Commission in the 2015 registration cycle should hand in their applications by June 15. According to the Regulation, these particulars include the names, abbreviations of names and emblems of prescribed bodies; and the personal emblems of prescribed persons.
In accordance with the Regulation, approved specified particulars have been included in a register made available for public inspection at the Commission's website (www.eac.gov.hk). Bodies or persons concerned are not required to make another application in respect of the specified particulars which have been approved and included in the register.
"Although applications can be submitted at any time during the year, only those applications submitted on or before the statutory cut-off date of June 15 will be processed within the 2015 registration cycle. Upon approval of the applications by the Commission, the specified particulars may be used in the 2015 District Council Election. Applications submitted after June 15 will only be processed in the 2016 registration cycle," a Commission spokesman said today (March 10).
Application forms are available at the Registration and Electoral Office (REO) and all District Offices. They can also be downloaded from the Commission's website.
The Commission will carefully consider all applications in accordance with the criteria and procedures stipulated in the Regulation.
Details of all successful applications will be gazetted and open to public inspection at the REO during office hours. The public can also view the information at the Commission's website.
For enquiries concerning the application procedures, please call the REO hotline on 2891 1001.
Ends/Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Issued at HKT 11:10
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