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At least three weeks shall elapse between the date of the Gazette and the date fixed for the ballot, as notified by the Presiding Officer in the Gazette.
5. The voting shall be by ballot. No elector shall give more than one vote in respect of any one candidate. Candidates shall not, as such, be disqualified from voting. The Presiding Officer shall cause the name of every elector voting to be recorded.
6. Subject to the provisions of rule 9, no ballot paper shall be issued after the later of the two times specified in the Gazette notification as the times between which the ballot is to be held, but ballot papers already issued may be filled up and deposited in the ballot boxes after that time, if so filled up and deposited forthwith.
7. The candidates and their agents (not exceeding four in number, in the case of each candidate) may be present at the opening of the ballot boxes and the counting of the votes.
8. Whenever it is impossible, owing to equality of voting, to say which of two or more candidates is or are entitled to be declared elected, the names of such candidates shall be submitted to another ballot, which shall be held on such day, at such place, and between such times, as may be notified by the Presiding Officer in the Gazette.
9. The Presiding Officer, in his absolute discretion, may extend the time up to which voting may take place at any ballot, or may adjourn the ballot to another day, and may at any time close the ballot after such extension of time or adjournment.
10. Upon the completion of the balloting in any election, the Presiding Officer shall cause to be notified in the Gazette the names of the candidates and the number of votes obtained by each, and the candidates, or the two candidates, according to the number of vacancies, who shall have obtained the highest number of votes shall thereupon be deemed to have been elected.
11. These rules may be cited as the Urban Council Election Rules.
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by the Presiding Officer in the Gazette. weeks shall elapse between the date of the Gazette and the date fixed for the ballot,
5.
The voting shall be by ballot. No elector shall give more than one vote in respect of any one candidate. Candidates shall not, as such, be disqualified from voting. The Presiding Officer shall cause the name of every elector voting to be recorded.
6. Subject to the provisions of rule 9, no ballot paper shall be issued after the later of the two times specified in the Gazette notification as the times between which the ballot is to be held, but ballot papers already issued may be filled up and deposited in the ballot boxes after that time, if so filled up and deposited forthwith.
7. The candidates and their agents (not exceeding four in number, in the case of each candidate) may be present at the opening of the ballot boxes and the counting of the
votes.
8. Whenever it is impossible, owing to equality of voting, to say which of two or more candidates is or are entitled to be declared elected the names of such candidates shall be submitted to another ballot, which shall be held on such day, at such place, and between such times, as may be notified by the Presiding Officer in the Gazette..
9. The Presiding Officer in his absolute discretion may extend the time up to which voting may take place at any ballot, or may adjourn the ballot to another day, and may at any time close the ballot after such extension of time or adjournment.
10. Upon the completion of the balloting in any election the Presiding Officer shall cause to be notified in the Gazette the names of the candidates and the number of votes obtained by each, and the candidates or the two candidates, according to the number of vacancies, who shall have obtained the highest number of votes shall thereupon be deemed to have been elected.
11. These rules may be cited as the Urban Council Election Rules.
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