Regulation 22

Every voter entitled to vote at a poll or an adjourned poll relating to a precinct or a building within a precinct, or to flat upgrading works within flats comprised in a building in a precinct or within any building in a precinct, special upgrading works in a building or for 2 or more buildings within a precinct or commercial property upgrading works within a precinct, as the case may be, shall be given a number of polling papers equal to the number of votes he is entitled to under rule 7.

No polling paper shall be given to a voter at a poll or adjourned poll relating to any general upgrading works and specified upgrading works, or to any special upgrading works, flat upgrading works or commercial property upgrading works, unless he has produced his identity card or such other evidence of his identity and citizenship to a polling officer and his name appears in the register or for that precinct, or in the special register prepared in relation to those special upgrading works, the flat upgrading works register prepared in relation to those flat upgrading works or the commercial property upgrading works register prepared in relation to those commercial property upgrading works, as the case may be, or in the list of proxies, and a polling officer may refuse to give him a polling paper if he fails to furnish such evidence of his identity and citizenship or the polling officer decides that there is a reasonable doubt as to whether the voter is the registered owner or representative or proxy he represents himself to be.

Immediately before any polling paper is given to the voter, a mark shall be placed in the register, or the special register, the flat upgrading works register or the commercial property upgrading works register, as the case may be against the name of the voter in the register to denote that he has received a polling paper, and in the case of a person applying for a polling paper as a representative of a company or as proxy, a mark shall also be placed against his name in the list of proxies.

The voter, on receiving the polling paper, shall forthwith proceed to such place reserved for the marking of polling papers and mark in the space on the polling paper provided for the purpose of indicating whether the voter is in favour or against any proposal relating to general upgrading works, specified upgrading works, special upgrading works, flat upgrading works or commercial property upgrading works, as the case may be.

The voter will then fold the polling paper, put it into the appropriate poll box and leave the polling place.

Any polling officer may, on the application of any voter, explain to the voter the proposals regarding general upgrading works, specified upgrading works, special upgrading works, flat upgrading works or commercial property upgrading works, if any, or the method of voting; but in so doing, the polling officer shall abstain from any action which might be construed by the voter as a direction to vote in favour or against any such proposals.

Any polling officer may, on the application of a voter at the polling place who is incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause from voting in the manner prescribed in these Rules, mark the polling papers of the voter in the manner directed by the voter, and shall forthwith cause the polling papers to be placed in the appropriate poll box.