Frequently Asked Questions

Geographical Constituency Voter Registration

Who can register?

You are eligible to be registered as an elector in a geographical constituency if:

you are a permanent resident of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as defined by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Passports Ordinance (Cap. 539); and
you ordinarily reside in Hong Kong; and
you have reached 18 years of age or will reach 18 years of age on or before 25 September next following your application for registration; and
you hold an identity document, e.g. a Hong Kong permanent identity card; and
you are not subject to any disqualification from registration due to the provisions of Section 31 of the Legislative Council Ordinance (Cap. 542)

For enquiries on permanent resident status, please call the Immigration Department hotline: 2824 6111

Generally, persons who are disqualified from registration include persons who:

are found under the Mental Health Ordinance (Cap. 136) to be incapable, by reason of mental incapacity, of managing and administering their property and affairs;
are members of any armed forces.

Why should I register?

Only after you have registered as an elector can you exercise your right to vote in the Legislative Council and District Council elections. It is your right to elect your representative to sit on these bodies. If you are eligible to vote in the Election Committee subsector elections, you must first register as an elector in a geographical constituency before you can vote at the elections.

How do I register as an elector?

If you are not a registered elector and you wish to be registered in a geographical constituency, you must complete the application form "Application for New Registration / Report on Change of Particulars by an Elector in a Geographical Constituency" (REO-GC).

Notes: Applications for new voter registration must be supported with address proof. You may refer to A11 to A13 for acceptable types of address proof.

As for the submission channels, if you have an "iAM Smart+" account with digital signing function enabled or a valid personal digital certificate), you can submit your application through the iAM Smart mobile application (Click here for the user manual) or through online application.

Apart from using the “iAM Smart”, public can also obtain the "Application for New Registration / Report on Change of Particulars by an Elector in a Geographical Constituency" (REO-GC) by the following ways-

by downloading from this website;
by fax through calling the hotline on 2891 1001; and
at District Offices, management offices of public housing estates and the Registration and Electoral Office.

Addresses of the Registration and Electoral Office:
- 8/F Treasury Building
  3 Tonkin Street West
  Cheung Sha Wan
  Kowloon
- 29/F Standard Chartered Tower
  Millennium City 1
  388 Kwun Tong Road
  Kwun Tong
  Kowloon

After completing and signing the application form, you may submit the form, together with an address proof issued within the last three months, to the Registration and Electoral Office via the following channels-

by email to form@reo.gov.hk
through the e-Form Upload Platform
by post to the Registration and Electoral Office, 29/F, Standard Chartered Tower, Millennium City 1, 388 Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon
by fax to 2891 1180

If you would like to submit a voter registration application form through electronic means, please note the "Guidance Notes on Submission of Voter Registration Application by Digital Files".

If I am a registered elector, how do I report change of my registration particulars, such as registered address, name, email address and contact phone number?

If you are a registered elector and you wish to report change of registration particulars, you must complete the application form "Application for New Registration / Report on Change of Particulars by an Elector in a Geographical Constituency" (REO-GC).

Notes: Applications for change of registered address must be supported with address proof. You may refer to A11 to A13 for acceptable types of address proof.

by downloading from this website;
by fax through calling the hotline on 2891 1001; and
at District Offices, management offices of public housing estates and the Registration and Electoral Office.

Addresses of the Registration and Electoral Office:
- 8/F Treasury Building
  3 Tonkin Street West
  Cheung Sha Wan
  Kowloon
- 29/F Standard Chartered Tower
  Millennium City 1
  388 Kwun Tong Road
  Kwun Tong
  Kowloon

by email to form@reo.gov.hk
through the e-Form Upload Platform
by post to the Registration and Electoral Office, 29/F, Standard Chartered Tower, Millennium City 1, 388 Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon
by fax to 2891 1180

If you would like to submit a voter registration application form through electronic means, please note the "Guidance Notes on Submission of Voter Registration Application by Digital Files".

In addition, you can use "iAM Smart" mobile App, submit online application or send an email to reoenq@reo.gov.hk should you wish to provide/update your email address for communication with the Registration and Electoral Office and/or for receiving election mail related to electioneering activities from the candidates of the constituencies concerned.

Are there any deadlines for new voter registration and change of registration particulars?

Eligible Hong Kong permanent residents / registered electors may submit "Application for New Registration / Report on Change of Particulars by an Elector in a Geographical Constituency" (REO-GC) at any time of the year (Click here for online application). However, should they wish their applications to be processed by this Office when compiling the registers of electors to be published in a particular year, they should submit the application forms to this Office on or before the statutory deadlines of that year listed below:

New Voter Registration:	2 June
Report on Change of Particulars by an Elector:	2 June

If the application forms are submitted after the statutory deadline, the registration particulars of the relevant electors could only be reflected in the registers of electors to be published in the subsequent year.

Am I entitled to vote immediately after I submit an application for new voter registration? / Am I entitled to vote in the new constituency and at a new polling station immediately after I report change of registered address?

In accordance with the relevant electoral regulation, the Registration and Electoral Office will assign constituencies and polling stations according to the registered addresses as recorded in the current Final Register of Electors, which is updated once a year. If there is/are any District Council or Legislative Council election(s) before the publication of the next Final Register, the Registration and Electoral Office will assign constituencies and polling stations according to the registered addresses in the prevailing Final Register.

Do I need to use different application forms for new voter registration and report on change of particulars?

Members of public should use the "Application for New Registration / Report on Change of Particulars by an Elector in a Geographical Constituency" (REO-GC) for both new registration as an elector in a geographical constituency and report on change of his/her registration particulars (Click here for online application).

I have filled out an application form several years ago. Do I have to register again?

Electors on prevailing register are not required to register again. You may check your registration status and particulars through "iAM Smart", Online Voter Information Enquiry System or by calling the Registration and Electoral Office hotline at 2891 1001.

For electors with inaccurate registration particulars, their registration status and eligibility to vote may be affected. Please complete and sign the "Application for New Registration / Report on Change of Particulars by an Elector in a Geographical Constituency" (REO-GC) and submit the form, together with an address proof issued within the last three months (applicable for application for change of registered address), to this Office (Click here for online application), so that this Office can update your registration particulars.

I only turn 18 at the end of September this year but the registration deadline is 2 June. Could I register as an elector now?

The final register is published on or before 25 September each year. If you reach 18 years of age on or before 25 September that year, and if you are a Hong Kong permanent resident, you are eligible to apply for registration as an elector.

I shall move to a new flat in the near future, should I report my new home address to the Registration and Electoral Office now?

You should complete and sign the "Application for New Registration / Report on Change of Particulars by an Elector in a Geographical Constituency" (REO-GC), and submit the form, together with an address proof issued within the last three months, to the Registration and Electoral Office after you have moved home (Click here for online application). If you submit an application for change of registered address on or before the statutory deadline of that voter registration cycle (i.e. on or before 2 June of the year), your new address will be reflected in the Final Register for Electors published in that year.

What kinds of documents are accepted as address proofs?

The Registration and Electoral Office accepts the documents below issued within the last three months (subject to the date on which the application form is received by the Registration and Electoral Office), which bear the issuing date, the name of issuing organisation, the applicant's name and principal residential address (name and address on the document should be identical to those on the Hong Kong Identity Card and in the application form respectively) as a valid proof of address:

bills of mobile phone, internet services, paid television or landline telephone;
statements or correspondences issued by banks, insurance companies or Mandatory Provident Fund Approved Trustees;
documents or bills issued by local post-secondary institutions confirming the applicant's residential address;
bills or invoices issued by public bodies (e.g. utility bills for water, electricity or towngas services);
correspondences from government departments or the Judiciary;
valid and "stamped" (for stamp duty) tenancy agreement (there is no need for it to be issued within 3 months before the date of submitting the application but such tenancy period should cover the date of receipt of the application); or
bills, correspondence or other documents issued by public organisations such as the Hospital Authority, Housing Department, Hong Kong Housing Society, Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority, etc.

If I cannot provide documents with my name and residential address as the address proof, what alternative documents may I submit to serve as valid address proof?

Apart from the elector's own address proof, the Registration and Electoral Office also accepts the documents below issued within the last three months (subject to the date on which the application form is received by the Registration and Electoral Office), which bear the issuing date and name of issuing organisation as a valid proof of address:

An address proof which bears the name and residential address of the person residing with the applicant, and a declaration signed by the applicant to confirm that such other person is living with the applicant at the same address above and that the attached address proof is a complete authentic copy or true copy of the original. Sample of the relevant declaration can be downloaded from the website of the Registration and Electoral Office
(https://www.reo.gov.hk/en/voter/ap.htm).
If the applicant is not able to produce any documents listed above, the Registration and Electoral Office also accepts a statutory declaration provided by the applicant made before a Commissioner for Oaths/a practising solicitor/a Justice of the Peace to substantiate the claim of residing at the declared address by virtue of the Oaths and Declarations Ordinance (Cap.11). Free service for making statutory declarations for the purpose related to voter registration is available at Registration and Electoral Office. For details on Registration and Electoral Office providing statutory declarations service for matters related to voter registration in geographical constituencies, please refer to the website (https://www.reo.gov.hk/en/voter/ap/sd.html).

If my new home is a flat in public rental housing under the Housing Department or subsidised housing under the Hong Kong Housing Society, can I be exempted from the address proof requirement when I apply for new voter registration or change of address?

For electors/ applicants who are the authorised occupants of public rental housing under the Housing Department or registered residents in the tenancy of subsidised housing under the Hong Kong Housing Society applying for change of registered address/ new voter registration, and that the addresses in the tenancy records match the residential addresses provided by them, address proof requirement for such persons may be exempted.

However, residents of housing units under the Home Ownership Scheme or public housing units which have been sold (e.g. flats under the Tenants Purchase Scheme) fall outside the scope of exemption and the electors/ applicants concerned should provide valid address proofs.

For cases where the Electoral Registration Officer cannot cross check the relevant applicant's particulars in the data matching with concerned department/organisation, the Officer may request the relevant applicant to provide an address proof when applying for new voter registration or change of registered address under sections 4 and 10A of the Electoral Affairs Commission (Registration of Electors)(Legislative Council Geographical Constituencies)(District Council Geographical Constituencies) Regulation (Cap. 541A).

If I know someone provides false information for voter registration, how do I inform the government departments?

Under the existing voter registration arrangements, a self-declaration system is adopted to facilitate the registration of eligible persons as electors. Applicants must provide true and accurate information. If the public members come across suspicious cases, they may lodge complaints to the Registration and Electoral Office which will follow up promptly and refer the cases to the law enforcement agencies for investigation as appropriate. The general public should not contravene the laws.

If someone provides a false residential address to the Registration and Electoral Office for voter registration, or provides a fraudulent address proof document when applying for new voter registration or change of registered address, and subsequently votes at an election, which law will he/she contravene?

A person who knowingly or recklessly makes false or misleading information (e.g. false residential address) to the Registration and Electoral Office, notwithstanding whether that person votes at an election or not, commits an offence under the law. If the person subsequently votes at an election, he/she will breach section 16 of the Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance (Cap. 554), which is enforced by the Independent Commission Against Corruption. The maximum penalty is a fine of $500,000 and imprisonment for 7 years.

Besides, if an elector produces or provides a fraudulent address proof with an intention that the Electoral Registration Officer shall accept it as a valid proof of address, he/she has committed the offence of forgery. In accordance with section 71 of the Crimes Ordinance (Cap. 200), a person who commits the offence of forgery is liable for conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 14 years.

I am a new arrival from the Chinese Mainland. Can I register as an elector?

All Hong Kong permanent residents aged 18 or above who ordinarily reside in Hong Kong may apply for registration as an elector.

How do I know that my records are correctly entered on the register of electors?

Registered electors can check their registration status and particulars through "iAM Smart", Online Voter Information Enquiry System or by calling the Registration and Electoral Office hotline at 2891 1001.

Are there any safeguards against possible abuse of my personal data?

You are rest assured that information provided by an elector will only be used for voter registration and election related purposes. The Registration and Electoral Office has adopted every possible means to ensure that such data will not be misused. In accordance with the relevant electoral regulation, the Registers of Electors will only be made available for inspection by specified persons and request of an extract by specified persons. Using any information on a register for a purpose other than a purpose related to an election is an offence under the relevant electoral regulation, and is liable to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

I have submitted an application for new voter registration / change of registration particulars. How do I know that the Registration and Electoral Office has processed my application?

The Registration and Electoral Office will issue registration notices by post to notify the applicants concerned that their applications for new voter registration / change of registration particulars have been successfully completed. In addition, the applicants concerned will be notified of the same by SMS/email (if they have provided such information). Applicants can also check their registration status and particulars through "iAM Smart", Online Voter Information Enquiry System or by calling Registration and Electoral Office hotline at 2891 1001.

Which department should I approach for help if I have more questions on voter registration?

For enquiries, you are welcome to call the Registration and Electoral Office hotline at 2891 1001 or email us at reoenq@reo.gov.hk for more information.

Functional Constituency Voter Registration

Who may register as an elector for a functional constituency?

To register as an individual elector, you must:

possess the eligibility required for registration in the functional constituency ("FC") (You may click here for the eligibility for registration in each FC);
be registered as an elector in a geographical constituency ("GC") or are eligible to be registered as an elector for a GC and have made an application to be so registered (You may click here for the eligibility for registration as a GC elector);
not subject to any disqualification from registration (You may click here for reasons for disqualification from registration).

Please also note that individual applicants must register in the FC according to the below priority of registration (of which (1) as the FC with the highest priority of registration):

Heung Yee Kuk FC; and
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region deputies to the National People's Congress, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and representatives of relevant national organisations FC.

For example, if a person is eligible to be registered in both the Heung Yee Kuk FC and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region deputies to the National People's Congress, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and representatives of relevant national organisations FC at the same time, he/she must only be registered in the FC with higher priority of registration, which is the Heung Yee Kuk FC.

To register as a corporate elector, your body must:

possess the eligibility required for registration in the FC (You may click here for the eligibility for registration in each FC);
not subject to any disqualification from registration (You may click here for reasons for disqualification from registration);
appoint an authorized representative by the governing authority of your body for the purpose of casting your body's vote at an election; and

Please also note the additional requirements applicable to certain FCs:

only be registered in one of the following FCs if your body is eligible to be registered in the following FC and any other FC at the same time:
1. Agriculture and Fisheries;
2. Insurance;
3. Transport;
4. Finance;
5. Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication;
6. Technology and Innovation; or
7. Catering.

Why should I register?

Only registered electors can vote in the Legislative Council Functional Constituency Elections to elect your representative.

How to register?

To register as an individual elector, you can:

submit the application through "iAM Smart" mobile App or submit the application online (If you have an "iAM Smart+" account with digital signing function or a valid personal digital certificate)
download a form here:

REO-FC(I) (Functional Constituency Elector (Individual) Application for New Registration/ Report on Change of Particulars)

To register as a corporate elector, you can:

submit the application through "iAM Smart" mobile App or submit the application online (If the responsible person of your body, the authorized representative and the member of the Board of Directors / Executive Committee representing your body (if applicable) have an "iAM Smart+" account with digital signing function or a valid personal digital certificate)
download a form here:

REO-FC(B) (Functional Constituency Elector (Body) Application for New Registration/ Report on Change of Particulars)

You can also (regardless of registering as an individual or a corporate elector):

obtain a form from the Registration and Electoral Office at 8/F, Treasury Building, 3 Tonkin Street West, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon or 29/F, Standard Chartered Tower, Millennium City 1, 388 Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon
download a form from the voter registration webpage of the Registration and Electoral Office (website: vr.gov.hk)

You may submit the completed application form to the Registration and Electoral Office by post (address: 8/F, Treasury Building, 3 Tonkin Street West, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon), fax (fax number: 2891 1670), email (email address: form@reo.gov.hk) or by uploading it at the Registration and Electoral Office e-Form Upload Platform (website: www.reo-form.gov.hk) - if submitting via this channel, please take note of the application number generated by the system so that the application status may be checked afterwards when needed.

I have submitted an application for registration and successfully registered in a functional constituency before, do I need to register again?

If your registration particulars have been recorded in the prevailing functional constituencies ("FCs") final register, you are not required to register again. You may log on to the Online Voter Information Enquiry System (website: www.voterinfo.gov.hk) or call the Registration and Electoral Office hotline at 2891 1001 to check your latest registration particulars.

However, for individual electors with inaccurate or incomplete registration particulars or that are being disqualified from registration, their eligibility to vote may be affected. Please report to the Registration and Electoral Office to update your records.

If you are a registered elector and you wish to report change of registration particulars (such as name and registered address), you must complete the application form "Application for New Registration/ Report on Change of Particulars by an Elector in a Geographical Constituency" (REO-GC) (You may click here for details).
If you wish to change to register in another FC, you must complete the application form "Functional Constituency Elector (Individual) Application for New Registration/ Report on Change of Particulars" (REO-FC(I)) (You may click here for obtaining the form)(If you have an "iAM Smart+" account with digital signing function or a valid personal digital certificate, you may submit the application through "iAM Smart" mobile App or submit the application online).

If your body's registration particulars have been recorded in the prevailing FCs final register, your body is not required to register again. You may log on to the Online Voter Information Enquiry System (website: www.voterinfo.gov.hk) or call the Registration and Electoral Office hotline at 2891 1001 to check your body's latest registration particulars.

However, for corporate electors with inaccurate or incomplete registration particulars or that are being disqualified from registration, their eligibility to vote may be affected. Please report to the Registration and Electoral Office to update your body's records.

If your body is a registered elector and you wish to change your body's registration particulars (such as name and business address of your body) and/or change to register in another FC, please complete the application form "Functional Constituency Elector (Body) Application for New Registration/ Report on Change of Particulars" (REO-FC(B)) (You may click here for obtaining the form)(If the responsible person of your body, the authorized representative and the member of the Board of Directors / Executive Committee representing your body (if applicable) have an "iAM Smart+" account with digital signing function or a valid personal digital certificate, your body may submit the application through "iAM Smart" mobile App or submit the application online).
If you wish to replace your body's authorized representative, you may refer to Q10 for details.

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

Are there any deadlines for new registration in a functional constituency and change of registration particulars?

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

New voter registration in a functional constituency: 2 June
Report on change of registration particulars by an elector: 2 June

Can I submit an application after the deadline?

Eligible individuals/ bodies or electors may submit an application form at any time of the year. But they should do so on or before the statutory deadline of a particular year (i.e. of 2 June of the year) if they wish to have their names and addresses recorded/ updated in the registers of electors to be published in that year. If their applications were received by the Registration and Electoral Office after the statutory deadline, their names and addresses could only be recorded/ updated in the registers of electors to be published in the subsequent year.

Who is eligible to be appointed as an authorized representative of a corporate elector?

A person is eligible to be appointed as an authorized representative of a corporate elector 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 the eligibility for registration as a GC elector);
has a substantial connection with the corporate elector, e.g. being a member, partner, officer or employee of the body;
is not subject to any disqualification from registration as an authorized representative (You may click here for reasons for disqualification from registration); and
does not fall into the restrictions stated in Q8.

Are there any restrictions for the appointment of an authorized representative?

A person who is an authorized representative of a corporate elector is not eligible to be appointed as the authorized representative of another corporate elector. Authorized representatives of corporate electors must be appointed by the governing authority of the corporate electors.

[Note: If an authorized representative of a corporate elector is eligible to be registered as an individual elector in a functional constituency, he/she may apply to be so registered.]

How to appoint an authorized representative?

A decision to appoint an authorized representative of a corporate elector may only be made by the governing authority of the corporate elector. A newly registered corporate elector is required to appoint an authorized representative on the application form "Functional Constituency Elector (Body) Application for New Registration/ Report on Change of Particulars" (REO-FC(B)) (You may click here for obtaining the form). If the responsible person of your body, the authorized representative and the member of the Board of Directors / Executive Committee representing your body(if applicable) have an "iAM Smart+" account with digital signing function or a valid personal digital certificate, you may also submit the application through "iAM Smart" mobile App or submit the application online.

The completed application form should reach the Electoral Registration Officer on or before the statutory deadline for new registration of a particular year (i.e. of 2 June of the year) so that the name of the authorized representative could be included in the registers of electors to be published in that year.

If your body is a registered elector and wish to replace a new authorized representative, you may refer to Q10 for details.

How to replace an authorized representative?

The governing authority of a corporate elector may replace its authorized representative from time to time. However, the newly appointed authorized representative must comply with the requirements as stated in Q7. If a corporate elector needs to replace its authorized representative, it must complete the application form "Functional Constituency Elector (Body) Notice for Replacement/ Substitution of Authorized Representative" (REO-FCR). The completed application form should reach the Electoral Registration Officer not later than 14 days before the polling date for the functional constituency concerned.

To replace an authorized representative, you can:

submit the application through "iAM Smart" mobile App or submit the application online (If the responsible person of your body and the newly appointed authorized representative have an "iAM Smart+" account with digital signing function or a valid personal digital certificate)
download a form here:

REO-FCR (Functional Constituency Elector (Body) Notice of Replacement/Substitution of Authorized Representative)
obtain a form from the Registration and Electoral Office at 8/F, Treasury Building, 3 Tonkin Street West, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon or 29/F, Standard Chartered Tower, Millennium City 1, 388 Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon
download a form from the voter registration webpage of the Registration and Electoral Office (website: vr.gov.hk)

Who is disqualified from being registered?

A natural person is disqualified from being registered as an individual elector or as an authorized representative, if he/she is:
1. 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
2. a member of the armed forces of the Central People's Government or any other country or territory.
A body is disqualified from being registered as a corporate elector, if it is:
1. a consular post to which any privilege or immunity is accorded under the Consular Relations Ordinance (Cap. 557); or
2. 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); or
3. a body which is a department or an agency of a government of a place outside the People's Republic of China, whether at national, regional or municipal level.

[Note: For the purposes of item (B)3, a body is not regarded as a department or an agency of a government of a place unless –

the management of the body is appointed by the government and is answerable to the government;
the principal function of the body is to advance the interest of the place; and
the body is non-profit-making.]

Are there any safeguards against possible abuse of my personal data?

All information provided by an elector will only be used for voter registration and election related purposes. The Registration and Electoral Office has adopted every possible means to ensure that your data will not be misused. Under the law, registers of electors that are published for inspection by specified persons show only the first Chinese character of the names (if the names of the persons are recorded in Chinese) or the first word of the names (if the names of the persons are recorded in English) of individual electors and their principal residential addresses; and the names and business addresses of corporate electors and the names of their authorized representatives. Using any information on a register for a purpose other than a purpose related to an election commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

Will I receive any reply from the Registration and Electoral Office after submission of an application form?

The Registration and Electoral Office will normally respond within 14 days after receiving your application for new registration or report on change of particulars. If you have not received any reply 14 days after submission of your application form, please call the Registration and Electoral Office hotline at 2891 1001.

Where can I obtain further information if I have more questions on voter registration?

You are welcome to call the Registration and Electoral Office hotline at 2891 1001 or email us at reoenq@reo.gov.hk for more information.

Election Committee Subsector Voter Registration

Who may register as a voter for an Election Committee subsector?

To register as an individual voter, you must:

possess the eligibility required for registration in the Election Committee subsector ("subsector") (You may click here for the eligibility for registration in each subsector);
be registered as an elector in a geographical constituency ("GC") or are eligible to be registered as an elector for a GC and have made an application to be so registered (You may click here for the eligibility for registration as a GC elector);
not subject to any disqualification from registration (You may click here for reasons for disqualification from registration).

Please also note that individual applicants must register in the subsector according to the below priority of registration (of which (1) as the subsector with the highest priority of registration):

Heung Yee Kuk subsector;
Representatives of Hong Kong members of relevant national organisations subsector; and
Representatives of members of Area Committees, District Fight Crime Committees, and District Fire Safety Committees of Hong Kong and Kowloon subsector or Representatives of members of Area Committees, District Fight Crime Committees, and District Fire Safety Committees of the New Territories subsector.

For example, if a person is eligible to be registered in both the Heung Yee Kuk subsector and the Representatives of Hong Kong members of relevant national organisations subsector at the same time, he/she must only be registered in the subsector with higher priority of registration, which is the Heung Yee Kuk subsector.

To register as a corporate voter, your body must:

possess the eligibility required for registration in the subsector (You may click here for the eligibility for registration in each subsector);
not subject to any disqualification from registration (You may click here for reasons for disqualification from registration); and
appoint an authorized representative by the governing authority of your body for the purpose of casting your body's vote at an election.

Why should I register?

Only registered voters can vote in the Election Committee Subsector Elections to elect your representative.

How to register?

To register as an individual voter, you can:

submit the application through "iAM Smart" mobile App or submit the application online (If you have an "iAM Smart+" account with digital signing function or a valid personal digital certificate)
download a form here:

REO-SS(I) (Election Committee Subsector Voter (Individual) Application for New Registration/ Report on Change of Particulars)

To register as a corporate voter, you can:

submit the application through "iAM Smart" mobile App or submit the application online (If the responsible person of your body, the authorized representative and the director of the Board of Directors / member of the General Committee / Council Committee / Executive Committee / Executive and Supervisory Committee / Committee (if applicable) have an "iAM Smart+" account with digital signing function or a valid personal digital certificate)
download a form here:

REO-SS(B) (Election Committee Subsector Voter (Body) Application for New Registration/ Report on Change of Particulars)

You can also (regardless of registering as an individual or a corporate voter):

obtain a form from the Registration and Electoral Office at 8/F, Treasury Building, 3 Tonkin Street West, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon or 29/F, Standard Chartered Tower, Millennium City 1, 388 Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon
download a form from the voter registration webpage of the Registration and Electoral Office (website: vr.gov.hk)

I have submitted an application for registration and successfully registered in an Election Committee subsector before, do I need to register again?

If your registration particulars have been recorded in the prevailing Election Committee subsector ("subsector") final register, you are not required to register again. You may log on to the Online Voter Information Enquiry System (website: www.voterinfo.gov.hk) or call the Registration and Electoral Office hotline at 2891 1001 to check your latest registration particulars.

However, for individual voters with inaccurate or incomplete registration particulars or that are being disqualified from registration, their eligibility to vote may be affected. Please report to the Registration and Electoral Office to update your records.

If you are a registered voter and you wish to report change of registration particulars (such as name and registered address), you must complete the application form "Application for New Registration/ Report on Change of Particulars by an Elector in a Geographical Constituency" (REO-GC) (You may click here for details).
If you wish to change to register in another subsector, you must complete the application form "Election Committee Subsector Voter (Individual) Application for New Registration/ Report on Change of Particulars" (REO-SS(I)) (You may click here for obtaining the form)(If you have an "iAM Smart+" account with digital signing function or a valid personal digital certificate, you may submit the application through "iAM Smart" mobile App or submit the application online).

If your body's registration particulars have been recorded in the prevailing subsector final register, your body is not required to register again. You may log on to the Online Voter Information Enquiry System (website: www.voterinfo.gov.hk) or call the Registration and Electoral Office hotline at 2891 1001 to check your body's latest registration particulars.

However, for corporate voters with inaccurate or incomplete registration particulars or that are being disqualified from registration, their eligibility to vote may be affected. Please report to the Registration and Electoral Office to update your body's records.

If your body is a registered voter and you wish to change your body's registration particulars (such as name and business address of your body) and/or change to register in another subsector, please complete the application form "Election Committee Subsector Voter (Body) Application for New Registration/ Report on Change of Particulars" (REO-SS(B)) (You may click here for obtaining the form)(If the responsible person of your body, the authorized representative and the director of the Board of Directors / member of the General Committee / Council Committee / Executive Committee / Executive and Supervisory Committee / Committee (if applicable) have an "iAM Smart+" account with digital signing function or a valid personal digital certificate, your body may submit the application through "iAM Smart" mobile App or submit the application online).
If you wish to replace your body's authorized representative, you may refer to Q10 for details.

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

Are there any deadlines for new registration in an Election Committee subsector and change of registration particulars?

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

New voter registration in an Election Committee subsector: 2 June

Report on change of registration particulars by a voter: 2 June

Can I submit an application after the deadline?

Eligible individuals/ bodies or voters may submit an application form at any time of the year. But they should do so on or before the statutory deadline of a particular year (i.e. of 2 June of the year) if they wish to have their names and addresses recorded/ updated in the registers of voters to be published in that year. If their applications were received by the Registration and Electoral Office after the statutory deadline, their names and addresses could only be recorded/ updated in the registers of voters to be published in the subsequent year.

Who is eligible to be appointed as an authorized representative of a corporate voter?

A person is eligible to be appointed as an authorized representative of a corporate voter if he/she:

is registered as an elector for a geographical constituency ("GC"), or is eligible to be registered as an elector for a GC and has applied to be so registered (You may click here for the eligibility for registration as a GC elector);
has a substantial connection with the corporate 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 (You may click here for reasons for disqualification from registration); and
does not fall into the restrictions stated in Q8.

Are there any restrictions for the appointment of an authorized representative?

A person who is an authorized representative of a corporate voter is not eligible to be appointed as the authorized representative of another corporate voter. Authorized representatives of corporate voters must be appointed by the governing authority of the corporate voters.

[Note: If an authorized representative of a corporate voter is eligible to be registered as an individual voter in an Election Committee subsector, he/she may apply to be so registered.]

How to appoint an authorized representative?

A decision to appoint an authorized representative of a corporate voter may only be made by the governing authority of the corporate voter. A newly registered corporate voter is required to appoint an authorized representative on the application form "Election Committee Subsector Voter (Body) Application for New Registration/ Report on Change of Particulars" (REO-SS(B)) (You may click here for obtaining the form). If the responsible person of your body, the authorized representative and the director of the Board of Directors / member of the General Committee / Council Committee / Executive Committee / Executive and Supervisory Committee / Committee representing your body (if applicable) have an "iAM Smart+" account with digital signing function or a valid personal digital certificate, your body may submit the application through "iAM Smart" mobile App or submit the application online.

If your body is a registered voter and wish to replace a new authorized representative, you may refer to Q10 for details.

How to replace an authorized representative?

The governing authority of a corporate voter may replace its authorized representative from time to time. However, the newly appointed authorized representative must comply with the requirements as stated in Q7. If a corporate voter needs to replace its authorized representative, it must complete the application form "Election Committee Subsector Voter (Body) Notice for Replacement/ Substitution of Authorized Representative" (REO-SSR). The completed application form should reach the Electoral Registration Officer not later than 14 days before the polling date for the Election Committee subsector concerned.

To replace an authorized representative, you can:

submit the application through "iAM Smart" mobile App or submit the application online (If the responsible person of your body and the newly appointed authorized representative have an "iAM Smart+" account with digital signing function or a valid personal digital certificate)
download a form here:

REO-SSR (Election Committee Subsector Voter (Body) Notice of Replacement/Substitution of Authorized Representative)
obtain a form from the Registration and Electoral Office at 8/F, Treasury Building, 3 Tonkin Street West, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon or 29/F, Standard Chartered Tower, Millennium City 1, 388 Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon
download a form from the voter registration webpage of the Registration and Electoral Office (website: vr.gov.hk)

Who is disqualified from being registered?

A natural person is disqualified from being registered as an individual voter or as an authorized representative, if he/she is:
1. 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
2. a member of the armed forces of the People's Republic of China or any other country or territory.
A body is disqualified from being registered as a corporate voter, if it is:
1. a consular post to which any privilege or immunity is accorded under the Consular Relations Ordinance (Cap. 557); or
2. 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); or
3. a body which is a department or an agency of a government of a place outside the People's Republic of China, whether at national, regional or municipal level.

[Note: For the purposes of item (B)3, a body is not regarded as a department or an agency of a government of a place unless –

the management of the body is appointed by the government and is answerable to the government;
the principal function of the body is to advance the interest of the place; and
the body is non-profit-making.]

Are there any safeguards against possible abuse of my personal data?

All information provided by a voter will only be used for voter registration and election related purposes. The Registration and Electoral Office has adopted every possible means to ensure that your data will not be misused. Under the law, registers of voters that are published for inspection by specified persons show only the first Chinese character of the names (if the names of the persons are recorded in Chinese) or the first word of the names (if the names of the persons are recorded in English) of individual voters and their principal residential addresses; and the names and business addresses of corporate voters and the names of their authorized representatives. Using any information on a register for a purpose other than a purpose related to an election commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

Will I receive any reply from the Registration and Electoral Office after submission of an application form?

Where can I obtain further information if I have more questions on voter registration?

You are welcome to call the Registration and Electoral Office hotline at 2891 1001 or email us at reoenq@reo.gov.hk for more information.

Election Committee Ex-officio Members Registration

Who may register as an ex-officio member of the Election Committee?

To register as an ex-officio member of the Election Committee, you must:

be holding a specified office in any of the following 8 Election Committee subsectors:
1. Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape;
2. Education;
3. Engineering;
4. Legal;
5. Medical and Health Services;
6. Social Welfare;
7. Members of the Legislative Council; or
8. Hong Kong Special Administrative Region deputies to the National People's Congress and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
For detail of the list of specified offices, please click here;
be registered as an elector in a geographical constituency or be eligible and have applied to be so registered (You may click here for GC elector requirement and refer to Q2);
not be subject to any disqualification from registration as an ex-officio member of the Election Committee (You may refer to Q8 for reasons for disqualification from registration); and
not hold any office which is not eligible to be registered as an ex-officio member of the Election Committee as listed below:
1. a principal official appointed pursuant to a nomination under Article 48(5) of the Basic Law;
2. a directorate officer of the Government;
3. an Administrative Officer of the Government;
4. an Information Officer of the Government;
5. a police officer; or
6. any other civil servant who is holding a specified office in the official capacity.

I am not a registered elector in a geographical constituency and I will not be eligible for registration as an ex-officio member of the Election Committee?

If you are eligible to be registered as an elector in a geographical constituency but are not yet a registered elector in a geographical constituency, you can submit your registration as an ex-officio member of the Election Committee together with the "Application for New Registration / Report on Change of Particulars by an Elector in a Geographical Constituency" (REO-GC).

Please note that if your application for New Registration in a Geographical Constituency is submitted after the statutory deadline (2 June), your application for registration as an ex-officio member in the Election Committee will be processed in the following voter registration cycle. For details, please refer to Q5 of FAQ – GC.

Why should I register?

A person eligible to be registered as an ex-officio member of the Election Committee can only become an ex-officio member of the Election Committee and exercise the relevant functions as an ex-officio member of the Election Committee, including nominating Chief Executive and Legislative Council candidates, and electing the Chief Executive and 40 members of the Legislative Council, after completion of the registration procedures.

How to make an application for registration?

If you are a Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC deputy) or a HKSAR member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC member) and wish to be registered as an ex-officio member of the Election Committee, you can:
- download a form here:
REO-EC(X1)(Application by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Deputies to the National People's Congress and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference for New Registration as Ex-officio Members of Election Committee)

Regardless of which subsector you would like to be registered in, your application form for registration must be submitted by the Friends of Hong Kong Association Limited.
If you are a specified person of the Election Committee (a person holding a specified office of the subsector) and wish to be registered as an ex-officio member of the Election Committee, you can:
- submit the application through "iAM Smart" mobile App or submit the application online (If you and the responsible person of the specified body in the education subsector (if applicable) have an "iAM Smart+" account with digital signing function or a valid personal digital certificate)
- download a form here:
REO-EC(X2)(Application by Specified Person for Registration as Ex-officio Members of Election Committee)
Under specific circumstances, the specified person may designate another person who is holding an office in a relevant body in relation to the specified office to be registered as an ex-officio member of the subsector) to register as an ex-officio member of the Election Committee. If you wish to designate a person to be registered as an ex-officio member of the Election Committee, you can:
- submit the application through "iAM Smart" mobile App or submit the application online (If you and the designated person have an "iAM Smart+" account with digital signing function or a valid personal digital certificate)
- download a form here:
REO-EC(X3)(Application by Designated Person/Council Chairman or Chairman of the Board of Governors of the relevant University for New Registration as Ex-Officio Members of Election Committee)
If you are the Council Chairman / the Chairman of the Board of Governors and the Vice-Chancellor / President of your university is not eligible to be registered as an ex-officio member of the Election Committee (you may refer to Q9), you can submit your registration by completing the application form below –
- submit the application through "iAM Smart" mobile App or submit the application online (If you and the Vice-Chancellor / President / President and Vice-Chancellor of the relevant University have an "iAM Smart+" account with digital signing function or a valid personal digital certificate)
- download a form here:
REO-EC(X3)(Application by Designated Person/Council Chairman or Chairman of the Board of Governors of the relevant University for New Registration as Ex-Officio Members of Election Committee)

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 8/F, Treasury Building, 3 Tonkin Street West, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon or 29/F, Standard Chartered Tower, Millennium City 1, 388 Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon
after completing and signing the registration form (with authenticating stamp of the body), you may submit the form by post, fax (fax number: 2891 1670), email (email address: form@reo.gov.hk) or upload the form to our e-Form Upload Platform (www.reo-form.gov.hk) - if submitting via the e-Form Upload Platform of the REO, please take note of the application number generated by the system so that the application status may be checked afterwards when needed.

What are the registration procedures?

If you are eligible to be registered, you can submit an application form to the Electoral Registration Officer.

Upon receiving your application form, the Electoral Registration Officer will forward it to the Candidate Eligibility Review Committee ("CERC"). The CERC must, as soon as practicable, determine the validity of the registration concerned.

In determining whether a registration form or a registration of a person is valid, the CERC may require –

the Electoral Registration Officer to furnish any information in the possession of the Electoral Registration Officer that relates to the registration;
the Electoral Registration Officer to obtain any other information that relates to the registration from any person; and
a relevant body or the person to furnish any other information that the Committee considers appropriate for enabling the Committee to be satisfied as to the validity of the registration form or the registration.

If the CERC determines that your registration is valid, you will receive a notice from the Electoral Registration Officer.

You should sign the written oath as soon as practicable after your registration is determined as valid by the CERC. Otherwise, your name will not be included in the final register of members of the Election Committee for that term of office.

If your name is included in the final register of members of the Election Committee, you are formally registered as a member of the Election Committee and able to exercise its relevant functions.

Are there any application deadlines for registration as ex-officio Members of the Election Committee?

If you have newly assumed the specified office, please submit your registration form to the Electoral Registration Officer as soon as practicable.

If you are not a registered elector in a geographical constituency, please refer to Q2.

I become a holder of a specified office after the publication of the final register of members of the Election Committee. Can I submit an application for registration?

Yes.

If —

you become a Hong Kong Special Administrative Region deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC deputy) or a Hong Kong Special Administrative Region member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC member);
you (being an NPC deputy or a CPPCC member originally) become a holder of a specified office other than the office of NPC deputy or CPPCC member,

the Friends of Hong Kong Association Limited may submit another registration form to the Electoral Registration Officer in relation to the deputy or member.
Or
you become a holder of a specified office; or
the registration of a specified person or a designated person is determined as invalid by the Candidate Eligibility Review Committee,

you may designate another person under section 5J(3) of the Schedule to the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (Cap. 569) (if applicable) by submitting another registration form to the Electoral Registration Officer.

Who is disqualified from being registered?

A person is disqualified from being registered as an ex-officio member of the Election Committee if the person —
1. has in Hong Kong or in any other place been sentenced to death or imprisonment (by whatever name called) and has not either —
  1. served the sentence or undergone such other punishment as a competent authority may have substituted for the sentence; or
  2. received a free pardon;
2. has been convicted of an offence endangering national security;
3. on the date of submission of the registration form, is serving a sentence of imprisonment;
4. without limiting paragraph (a), where the registration form is submitted within 5 years after the date of the person's conviction, is or has been convicted —
  1. of having engaged in corrupt conduct or illegal conduct in contravention of the Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance (Cap. 554);
  2. of an offence against Part II of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (Cap. 201); or
  3. of any offence prescribed by section 7 of Schedule 4A to the District Councils Ordinance (Cap. 547) or the EAC Regulations;
5. is found for the time being under the Mental Health Ordinance (Cap. 136) to be incapable, by reason of mental incapacity, of managing and administering his or her property and affairs; or
6. is a member of the armed forces of the People's Republic of China or any other country or territory.
A person is also disqualified from being registered as an ex-officio member if, within the 5 years before the date of submission of the registration form —
1. the person has vacated an office, or has been disqualified from entering on an office, under the law, for declining or neglecting to take a specified oath; or
2. the person has been declared or decided in accordance with any law —
  1. to be in breach of a specified oath (Note); or
  2. to have failed to fulfil the legal requirements and conditions on upholding the Basic Law and bearing allegiance to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.

Note: "Specified oath" means an oath taken under the law that the oath-taker will uphold the Basic Law and bear allegiance to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.

Can I designate another person as an ex-officio member for my subsector?

Generally speaking, the holders of the specified offices in each of the subsector (i.e. specified persons) may register as the ex-officio members of that subsector. If the specified person cannot meet some of the registration eligibility, the substitution arrangement is as follows.

(A) Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape / Engineering / Medical and Health Services / Social Welfare subsectors

Under the following circumstances, the specified persons may designate another person (i.e. designated person) who is holding an office in a relevant body to be registered as the ex-officio member of that subsector:

the specified person is ineligible to be registered as ex-officio member due to the following reasons:
1. he is not registered as an elector (or has not made an application to be so registered) under the Legislative Council Ordinance (Cap. 542) in the existing Geographical Constituencies ("GCs") final register or is disqualified from being registered as an elector for a GC; or
2. he is a Principal Official appointed pursuant to a nomination under Article 48(5) of the Basic Law, specified officers (i.e. directorate officer of the Government, Administrative Officer of the Government; Information Officer of the Government, police officer) or any other civil servant who is holding a specified office in his or her official capacity; or
the specified person is holding more than one specified office and has submitted registration for another specified office.

(B) Education subsector

If the specified person is the Vice-Chancellor / President / President and Vice-Chancellor of the relevant University, and the specified person is ineligible to be registered as ex-officio member due to the following reasons:

he is not registered as an elector (or has not made an application to be so registered) under the Legislative Council Ordinance (Cap. 542) in the existing GCs final register or is disqualified from being registered as an elector for a GC; or
he is a Principal Official appointed pursuant to a nomination under Article 48(5) of the Basic Law, specified officers (i.e. directorate officer of the Government, Administrative Officer of the Government; Information Officer of the Government, police officer) or any other civil servant who is holding a specified office in his or her official capacity,

the relevant Council Chairman / the Chairman of the Board of Governors is eligible to be registered as the ex-officio member of the subsector.

(C) Legal / Members of the Legislative Council subsectors

If the specified person is ineligible to be registered / holding more than one specified office and has submitted registration for another specified office, there is no substitution arrangement for the specified office in these subsectors concerned.

Each person may only be registered as an ex-officio member for one specified office. For details on the registration of designated persons as an ex-officio member of the Election Committee, please refer to Q4.

Can a specified person designate any person to register as an officio member of the Election Committee?

Under the circumstances set out in Q9, a specified person, by completing the specified form (see Q4), can designate a person who is

holding an office in a relevant body in relation to the specified office concerned;
eligible to be registered as an ex-officio member of the Election Committee; and
not disqualified from being so registered.

When should ex-officio members of the Election Committee submit written oath?

The Electoral Registration Officer must not include the name of an ex-officio member of a term of office in the final register of members of the Election Committee for that term of office unless the Officer has received the written oath signed by the ex-officio member concerned.

For the ex-officio member whose registration is determined as valid after the publication of the final register of members of the Election Committee for that term of office, the ex-officio member concerned must sign the written oath as soon as practicable after the ex-officio member's registration is determined as valid for that term of office under section 5N of Schedule to the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (Cap. 569).

For the ex-officio member whose name appears in the interim register of members of the Election Committee published for that term of office, the ex-officio member concerned must sign the written oath within the period between —

the date of publication of the interim register of members of the Election Committee for that term of office; and
7 days before the date of publication of the final register of members of the Election Committee for that term of office.

If I newly become a holder of a specified office, and at the same time, I am an NPC deputy or a CPPCC member, which sector do I belong to after assuming the specified office? Do I need to apply to be registered again?

If you newly become a holder of a specified office, and are currently registered in the NPC and CPPCC subsector or registered in another subsector with substantial connection, you must register as an ex-officio member of the EC in the subsector which your newly assumed specified office belongs to by completing REO-EC(X1) form, which must be submitted by the Friends of Hong Kong Association Limited.
If you are an NPC deputy or a CPPCC member, and are currently registered as an ex-officio member of the EC as a specified person of a specified subsector, you may choose to:
- remain being registered as a member of the EC in the original subsector. If so, you are not required to re-submit any application form; or
- be registered as an ex-officio member of the EC in the subsector which your newly assumed specified office belongs to by completing REO-EC(X1) form, which must be submitted by the Friends of Hong Kong Association Limited. In the meantime, you may designate another person to be registered as the ex-officio member of the EC for your relevant specified office in the original subsector by submitting REO-EC(X3) form to the Electoral Registration Officer (if applicable).

For details on the registration of specified persons as an ex-officio member of the Election Committee, please refer to Q4.

For details on designating another person as an ex-officio member by a holder of specified office, please refer to Q9.

If I newly become a holder of a specified office, and at the same time, I am currently a registered ex-officio member in the capacity of another specified office, can I designate another person as the ex-officio member of my newly assumed specified office?

If you newly become a holder of a specified office, and are currently a registered ex-officio member in the capacity of another specified officer, you may choose

to remain being a member of the EC in the original subsector. If so, you are not required to re-submit any application form. In the meantime, you may designate another person to be registered as the ex-officio member of the EC in the subsector which your newly assumed specified office belongs to by submitting REO-EC(X3) form to the Electoral Registration Officer (if applicable); or
to be registered as an ex-officio member of the EC in the capacity of your newly assumed specified office by submitting REO-EC(X2) form. In the meantime, you may designate another person to be registered as the ex-officio member of the EC for your relevant specified office in the original subsector by submitting REO-EC(X3) form to the Electoral Registration Officer (if applicable).

For details on the registration of specified persons as an ex-officio member of the Election Committee, please refer to Q4.

For details on designating another person as an ex-officio member by a holder of specified office, please refer to Q9.

If I newly become a holder of a specified office, and at the same time, I am an EC member returned by election or nomination, can I designate another person to be registered as the ex-officio member of my specified office?

No. Pursuant to section 5J(3) of the Schedule to the Chief Executive Election Ordinance (Cap. 569), a specified person holding a specified office of an applicable subsector (Note) may designate another person who is holding an office in a relevant body in relation to the specified office to be registered as an ex-officio member if —

the specified person is not eligible to be registered as an ex-officio member under section 5L; or
the specified person is a holder of more than one specified office (excluding the office of NPC deputy or CPPCC member).

You may choose

to remain being registered as a member of the EC in the original subsector. If so, you are not required to re-submit any registration form; or
to submit REO-EC(X2) form to be registered as an ex-officio member of the EC in the subsector which your newly assumed specified office belongs to. Please note that if you are registered as an ex-officio member, you are deemed to have resigned from the membership of the EC in the subsector you have previously registered.

For details on the registration of specified persons as an ex-officio member of the Election Committee, please refer to Q4.

Note: Applicable subsector means the architectural, surveying, planning and landscape subsector, the engineering subsector, the medical and health services subsector or the social welfare subsector.

Are there any safeguards against possible abuse of my personal data?

All information provided by member of Election Committee will only be used for voter registration and election related purposes. The Registration and Electoral Office has adopted every possible means to ensure that your data will not be misused. Under the law, from 1^st May 2022 onwards, registers of members of the Election Committee that are published for inspection by specified persons contain only the first Chinese character (if the person's name is recorded in Chinese) or the first word (if the person's name is recorded in English) of member's name and his/her registered residential address. Using any information on a register for a purpose other than a purpose related to an election commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

Will I receive any reply from the Registration and Electoral Office after submission of an application form?

The Registration and Electoral Office will normally respond within 14 days after receiving your application for registration. If you have not received any reply 14 days after submission of your application form, please call the Registration and Electoral Office hotline at 2891 1001.

How should I approach for help if I have more questions?

You are welcome to call the Registration and Electoral Office hotline at 2891 1001 or email to reoenq@reo.gov.hk for all enquiries.