If you are an individual

(1) You are eligible to be registered as an individual elector for a Functional Constituency ("FC") if:

(A) you possess the qualifications required for registration in the FC (For details, please refer to the relevant guidance notes); and

(B) you are registered as an elector in a Geographical Constituency ("GC") or are eligible and have applied to be so registered.

(a) Generally, you are eligible to be registered as an elector in a GC if :

(i) you are a permanent resident of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region;

(ii) you ordinarily reside in Hong Kong;

(iii) you have reached 18 years of age or will reach 18 years of age on or before 25 September (for District Council Election year) OR 25 July (for Non-District Council Election year) next following your application for registration;

(iv) you hold an identity document, e.g. a Hong Kong permanent identity card; and

(v) you are not subject to any disqualification from registration.

For enquiries on permanent resident status, please call the Immigration Department hotline: 2824 4055.

(C) you are not appointed as an Authorized Representative ("AR") of a corporate elector in the same FC in which the corporate elector has been registered.

(2) If you are eligible to be registered in the Heung Yee Kuk FC and any other FC at the same time, you may only be registered in the Heung Yee Kuk FC and not in any other FC.

(3) Please use Form REO-41 ("Application by an individual for registration in a functional constituency and an EC subsector") to apply for registration. If you are holding a valid personal digital certificate, you may also apply for registration on-line through the "GovHK" website: http://www.gov.hk/.

If you are a body

(4) Your body* is eligible to apply for registration as a corporate elector for an FC if your body possesses the qualifications required for registration in the FC. (For details, please refer to the relevant guidance notes.)

(5) Your body must appoint an AR for the purpose of casting your vote in an election. (For details on the appointment of AR(s), please refer to the relevant guidance notes.)

(6) If your body is eligible to be registered in one of the following FCs :

(7) Please use Form REO-42 ("Application by a body for registration in a functional constituency and an EC subsector") to apply for registration.

Who is Disqualified from being Registered

Generally, a person is disqualified from being registered as an individual elector, or as an AR, if he/she :

(1) has been sentenced to death or imprisonment in Hong Kong or any other place and has not either served the sentence or undergone such other punishment as a competent authority may have substituted for the sentence or received a free pardon;

(2) on the date of application for registration, is serving a sentence of imprisonment;

(3) is or has been convicted of:

(a) having engaged in corrupt or illegal conduct in contravention of the Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance (Cap. 554); or
(b) an offence against Part II of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (Cap. 201); or
(c) any offence prescribed by regulations in force under the Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance (Cap. 541),

where the election is to be held or is held within 3 years after the date of conviction;

(4) 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

(5) is a member of any armed forces.

If you are eligible to be registered as a functional constituency (FC) elector, you must also apply to be registered as an Election Committee (EC) subsector voter (either a corresponding subsector or an optional subsector. for details).