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time for refreshment, and excluding (except so far as
he way, with the concurrence of the counting agents, if
any, otherwise determine) the hours between eight o'clock
in the evening and nine o'clock on the succeeding morning.
During the excluded time the returning officer shall place
the ballot papers and other documents relating to the
election under his own seals and the seals of such of the
counting agents as desire to affix their seals, and shall
otherwise take proper precautions for the security of the
papers and documents.
Void ballot papers.
34. Any ballot paper
(a) which does not bear the official mark; or
(b) on which votes are given for more candidates
than the elector is entitled to vote for; ur
(c) on which anything is written or marked by which
the elector can be identified except the printed
number on the back; or
(a) which is unmarked or void for uncertainty;
shall not be counted:
Provided that where the elector is entitled to vote for
more than one candidate, the ballot paper shall not be
deemed to be void as regards any vote as to which no
uncertainty arises, and that vote shall be counted.
35. (1) The returning officer shall endorse
(a) the word "rejected" on any ballot paper which
under the last preceding paragraph is not to be
counted; and
(b) in the case of a ballot paper on which any vote
is counted under the proviso to that paragraph,
the words "rejected in part" and a memorandum
specifying the votes counted.
(2) The returning officer shall in either case add to
the endorsement the words "rejection obfjected to", if an
objection is made by any counting agent to his decision.
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