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"14th day of February".
Amendment of regulation 24.
3. Regulation 24 of the principal regulations
is amended in sub-paragraph (e) by deleting "face"
and substituting the following
"back".
Addition of regulation 40A.
4. The principal regulations are amended by
adding, after regulation 40, the following regulations
"Destruction, loss, etc., of ballot
papers.
40A. (1) If before or during taking
a poll at a polling station any ballot
paper or copy of the register of electors
is stolen, lost, destroyed or damaged and
the presiding officer at that polling
station is of the opinion that the out-
come of the poll is likely to be affected
thereby, he may in his absolute discretion,
at any time prior to the close of the poll,
declare the poll at that polling station
to be void.
(2) When a poll is declared void
under sub-paragraph (1) the returning
officer shall appoint a day not later than
seven days after the day appointed for that
poll for the taking of a fresh poll at that
polling station or, if in his opinion it is
impracticable to hold a fresh poll at such
polling station, at another polling
station in the same electoral district and