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Q1. Who may register as an elector for a Functional Constituency (FC) and/or a voter for an Election Committee (EC) subsector?
Q2. Why should I register?
Q3. How to register?
Q4. I have submitted an application for registration in a FC/EC subsector several years ago, do I need to register again?
Q5. Are there any application deadlines for registration in FC/EC subsector and change of registration particulars?
Q6. Can I submit an application after the deadline?
Q7. Who can be appointed as an Authorized Representative of a corporate elector/voter?
Q8. Are there any restrictions for appointment of an Authorized Representative?
Q9. How to appoint an Authorized Representative?
Q10. How to replace an Authorized Representative?
Q11. Who is disqualified from being registered?
Q12. Are there any safeguards against possible abuse of my personal data?
Q13. Will I receive any reply from the Registration and Electoral Office after submission of an application form?
Q14. How should I approach for help if I have more questions?
Q15. Who is eligible to be registered in the District Council (second) functional constituency?
Q16. How to register in the District Council (second) functional constituency?
Q17. What application form should be used for registration in the District Council (second) functional constituency?

Q1.  Who may register as an elector for a Functional Constituency (FC) and/or a voter for an Election Committee (EC) subsector?

• Individual elector/voter
• Corporate elector/voter

A1.  To register as an individual elector/voter, you must:

• possess the qualifications required for registration in the FC/EC subsector (You may click here to the website of Registration and Electoral Office for details of qualifications required for each FC/EC subsector);
• be registered as an elector in a Geographical Constituency or are eligible and have applied to be so registered (You may click here for GC elector requirement);
• not being appointed as an Authorized Representative of a corporate elector/voter in the same FC/EC subsector in which the corporate elector/voter has been registered;
• not subject to any disqualification from registration  (Click here for reasons for disqualification from registration); and
• only be registered in the Heung Yee Kuk FC and not in any other FC if you are eligible to be registered in the Heung Yee Kuk FC and any other FC at the same time.

To register as a corporate elector/voter, you must:

• possess the qualifications required for registration in the FC/EC subsector  (You may click here to the website of Registration and Electoral Office for details of qualifications required for each FC/EC subsector);
• not subject to any disqualification from registration (Click here for reasons for disqualification from registration);
• appoint an authorized representative for the purpose of casting your vote in an election; and
• only be registered in one of the following FC if you are eligible to be registered in the following FC and any other FC at the same time:
  (a)    Agriculture and Fisheries;
  (b)    Insurance; or
  (c)    Transport.
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• Individual elector/voter
• Corporate elector/voter

Q4. I have submitted an application for registration in a FC/EC subsector several years ago, do I need to register again?

• Individual elector/voter
• Corporate elector/voter

A4. If you have signed up as an individual elector for a FC and/or an individual voter for an EC subsector before, you are not required to register again.  However, for electors/voters with inaccurate or incomplete registration particulars, their eligibility to vote may be affected.  Please report to the Registration and Electoral Office to update your records.

• If you want to change your address only, you may update via this website (click here) if you have a valid digital certificate or download a REO-1 form here.

• If you need to change your address and other registration particulars, you may update via this website (click here if you have a valid digital certificate or download a REO-41 form here for elector in a FC and a voter for an EC subsector or download a REO-41EC form here for a voter in an EC subsector only.

For enquiries, please call the Registration and Electoral Office Enquiry Hotline at 2891 1001.

If your body has signed up as a corporate elector for a FC and/or a corporate voter for an EC subsector before, your body is not required to register again.  However, for corporate electors/voters with inaccurate or incomplete registration particulars, their eligibility to vote may be affected.  Please report to the Registration and Electoral Office to update the records.

• If you need to change your body's address and other registration particulars, you may download a REO-42 form here for elector in a FC and a voter for an EC subsector or download a REO-42EC form here for a voter in an EC subsector only.

A5. Under the law, the respective statutory deadlines are as follows:

For new registration

For report on change of registration particulars by a registered elector/voter

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A7.  A person is eligible to be appointed as an Authorized Representative of a corporate elector/voter if he/she:

• is registered, or is eligible to be registered and has applied to be registered, as an elector for a Geographical Constituency (“GC”) (You may click here for GC elector requirement);
• has a substantial connection with the corporate elector/voter, e.g. being a member, partner, officer or employee of the body;
• is not subject to any disqualification from registration as an authorized representative (Click here for reasons for disqualification from registration); and
• does not fall into the restrictions stated in Q8.

A8.  No person shall be appointed as an Authorized Representative if:

• he/she is already appointed by one corporate elector and/or corporate voter; or
• he/she has been registered as an individual elector in the same FC and/or an individual voter in the same subsector in which the corporate body has been registered or has applied to be registered.

A9.  If a corporate elector/voter has never appointed an Authorized Representative, you can use the REO-42 form or REO-42EC form (please refer to Q3 for obtaining the form) to appoint the Authorized Representative(s).  The application should reach the Registration and Electoral Office before the statutory deadline for new registration (please refer to Q5 above) of a particular year if you wish to have the name of the Authorized Representative to be included in the register of electors/voters to be published in that year.Back to top

A10. A corporate elector/voter may replace its appointed Authorized Representative from time to time.  However, the newly appointed Authorized Representative must be a registered GC elector (You may click here for GC elector requirement) and also complies with the requirements for appointment of an Authorized Representative (please refer to Q7 above).  The request for replacement of an Authorized Representative has to be done on a specified form REO-42R.  The completed form should reach the Electoral Registration Officer not later than 14 days before the polling date for the FC/EC subsector concerned.

To obtain the specified form for replacing an Authorized Representative, you can:

• download a form here
   
  REO-42R (Notice of Replacement/Substitution of AR)
  

  The above form is in PDF format. Please download Acrobat Reader to view and print it.

• get a form from the Registration and Electoral Office at 10/F Harbour Centre, 25 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong or 10/F Guardian House, 32 Oi Kwan Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong

A11. A person is disqualified from being registered as an individual elector or voter, or as an Authorized Representative, if he/she :

• is found under the Mental Health Ordinance (Cap. 136) to be incapable, by reason of mental incapacity, of managing and administering his/her property and affairs; or
• is a member of any armed forces.

A body is disqualified from being registered as a corporate elector or voter, if it –

• is a consular post to which any privilege or immunity is accorded under the Consular Relations Ordinance (Cap. 557); or
• is an organization to which section 2 of the International Organizations and Diplomatic Privileges Ordinance (Cap. 190) applies or an international organization defined in section 2 of the International Organizations (Privileges and Immunities) Ordinance (Cap. 558).

A16. As a transitional and one-off arrangement in 2012, if you are a registered geographical constituency (GC) elector and are not registered in the 28 existing functional constituencies (FCs), you will be automatically registered in the District Council (second) FC.  If you are already registered in one of the 28 existing FCs (except for Heung Yee Kuk FC, Agriculture and Fisheries FC, Insurance FC, Transport FC and District Council (first) FC), you may change registration to become an elector for the District Council (second) FC.  At any one time, a person can only be registered in one FC.   For details of the registration arrangements for the District Council (second) FC, please refer to the letter sent out to all electors by the Registration and Electoral Office in February 2012.

You do not need to apply to be registered in the District Council (second) functional constituency if you have already been so registered.  If you wish to confirm whether you are a registered elector, you may call the Registration and Electoral Office hotline at 2891 1001 for checking.

A17  To apply for registration in the District Council (second) FC and a geographical constituency, please use Form REO-1 (Red) (“Application for voter registration (geographical constituencies) / District Council (second) FC / report on change of particulars”) (click here to download the Form REO-1).

To apply for registration in the District Council (second) FC and an optional Election Committee subsector, please use Form REO-41 (Blue) (“Application by an individual for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector / report on change of particulars”) (click here to download the Form REO-41). (You may click here to download the guidance notes on the eligibility for registration in the optional subsectors)

For an elector registered in an existing FC who wishes to apply for change of registration to become an elector for the District Council (second) FC, please use Form REO-41 (Blue) (“Application by an individual for registration in a functional constituency and an Election Committee subsector / report on change of particulars”) (click here to download the Form REO-41).