3rd Sched. (Part III)
presiding officer and proving the fact of the inadvertence
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to the satisfaction of the presiding officer, obtain another
ballot paper in the place of the ballot paper so delivered up
(in this Schedule called "a spoilt ballot paper"), and the
spoilt ballot paper shall be immediately cancelled.
Powers of presiding officer in adjourning poll.
25.- (1) Where the taking of the poll is interrupted
or obstructed by any riot or open violence, the returning
officer or his lawful deputy or the presiding officer in
charge of a polling station shall adjourn the taking of the
poll at the particular place or places at which such
interruption or obstruction has happened until the following
day and, if necessary, shall further adjourn the taking of such
poll until such interruption or obstruction has ceased, and
shall then proceed with the taking of the poll at such place
except
or places, and, as to votes already made at the time of such
adjournment, any day whereon the poll has been so adjourned
shall not, et as to such place or places be reckoned the
day of polling at the election.
(2) A presiding officer who adjourns the taking of a
poll under the provisions of this paragraph shall forthwith
inform the returning officer.
(3) Where the taking of a poll has been adjourned
under the provisions of this paragraph, the returning officer
shall not finally declare the state of the poll or declare
any candidate or candidates to have been elected until the
poll so adjourned has been finally closed and the ballot
papers and other documents delivered or transmitted to him
and the count completed.
26.
Packets of ballot papers ¿c. to be sealed.
As soon as practicable after the close of the
poll, the presiding officer shall, in the presence of the
polling agents, make up into separate packets, sealed with
his own seal and the seals of such polling agents as desire
to affix their seals,
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