Organisations wishing to register their names and emblems with the Electoral Affairs Commission within the current registration cycle have to submit their applications on or before April 15.

In Legislative Council elections, candidates can request to have the registered names and emblems printed on the relevant ballot papers.

Although applications can be submitted at any time in a year, only those that reached the commission by the specified deadline can be processed within the registration cycle in that year.

Those who wish to register their specified particulars with the commission but have not yet done so are urged to submit their applications by the deadline.

2-week time limit

Those who registered their specified particulars with the commission last year but wish to make amendments to their emblems and abbreviations are advised to submit their applications to the commission by the same deadline.

All screened-out applicants will be given 14 days to clarify or change their applications. Applications will then be gazetted so that objections from the public can be made within 14 days. Before the commission decides on applications that are challenged, hearings will be held.

Details of all successful applications will be gazetted, and will be available for public inspection at the Registration & Electoral Office.

Application forms are available at the Registration & Electoral Office and District Offices. They can also be downloaded from the commission's website. For enquiries call 2891 1001.