Rural Representative Election - Voter Registration - Eligibility Requirements for Electors

Eligibility Requirements for Electors

Indigenous Inhabitant Representative Election	Resident Representative Election	Kaifong Representative Election
aged 18 or above; an indigenous inhabitant of the Indigenous/Composite Indigenous Village, or a spouse or surviving spouse of an indigenous inhabitant of the Village; and holds a recognized identity document *Indigenous Inhabitant in relation to an Indigenous Village that existed in 1898 (whether or not the name the Village now has is the same name it had in 1898) means: (i) a person who was in 1898 a resident of the Village; or (ii) a person who is descended through the male line from a person mentioned in (i)	aged 18 or above; a resident of the Existing Village; a Hong Kong permanent resident; and a resident of the Village for the 3 years immediately before the date of application for registration as an elector *Resident in relation to an Existing Village, means a person whose principal residential address is in the Village. A principal residential address means the address of the dwelling place at which a person resides and which constitutes the person's sole or main home. A registered elector for an Existing Village is no longer eligible to vote in the Resident Representative Election of the Village if already moved away from that Village. Even though the registered elector is an indigenous inhabitant or the spouse and a registered elector for the Indigenous Inhabitant Representative Election for the Indigenous Village of the same name, the registered elector is not eligible to vote in the Resident Representative Election, and will commit an offence if so to vote.	aged 18 or above; a resident of the Market Town (Cheung Chau / Peng Chau); a Hong Kong permanent resident ;and a resident of the Market Town for the 3 years immediately before the date of the application for registration as an elector *Resident in relation to a Market Town, means a person whose principal residential address is in the Market Town (Cheung Chau / Peng Chau). A principal residential address means the address of the dwelling place at which a person resides and which constitutes the person's sole or main home. A registered elector for a Market Town is no longer eligible to vote in the Kaifong Representative Election of the Market Town if already moved away from that Market Town, and will commit an offence if so to vote.

Indigenous Inhabitant Representative Election

Resident Representative Election

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aged 18 or above;
an indigenous inhabitant of the Indigenous/Composite Indigenous Village, or a spouse or surviving spouse of an indigenous inhabitant of the Village; and
holds a recognized identity document

*Indigenous Inhabitant
in relation to an Indigenous Village that existed in 1898 (whether or not the name the Village now has is the same name it had in 1898) means:

(i) a person who was in 1898 a resident of the Village; or

(ii) a person who is descended through the male line from a person mentioned in (i)

aged 18 or above;
a resident of the Existing Village;
a Hong Kong permanent resident; and
a resident of the Village for the 3 years immediately before the date of application for registration as an elector

*Resident
in relation to an Existing Village, means a person whose principal residential address is in the Village. A principal residential address means the address of the dwelling place at which a person resides and which constitutes the person's sole or main home.

A registered elector for an Existing Village is no longer eligible to vote in the Resident Representative Election of the Village if already moved away from that Village. Even though the registered elector is an indigenous inhabitant or the spouse and a registered elector for the Indigenous Inhabitant Representative Election for the Indigenous Village of the same name, the registered elector is not eligible to vote in the Resident Representative Election, and will commit an offence if so to vote.

aged 18 or above;
a resident of the Market Town (Cheung Chau / Peng Chau);
a Hong Kong permanent resident ;and
a resident of the Market Town for the 3 years immediately before the date of the application for registration as an elector

*Resident
in relation to a Market Town, means a person whose principal residential address is in the Market Town (Cheung Chau / Peng Chau). A principal residential address means the address of the dwelling place at which a person resides and which constitutes the person's sole or main home.

A registered elector for a Market Town is no longer eligible to vote in the Kaifong Representative Election of the Market Town if already moved away from that Market Town, and will commit an offence if so to vote.

*Note: For interpretations of "Indigenous Inhabitant" and "Resident", please refer to the detailed provisions of Rural Representative Election Ordinance (Section 2 of Cap.576)

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