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withdrawal .or death there remains" only one -duly .nominated
candidate, the returning officer shall forthwith declare --such
candidate to have been elected and shall immediately thereafter
certify by endorsement on the writ of' election the return of such
candidate in the form set out as Form No. 29 in the First Schedule
and shall return the .writ so endorsed to the Supervisor of
Elections for transmission to the Governor within the time for"
that purpose specified therein.,

 29. (1): The poll shall be taken in each polling station'by
 secret ballot in accordance with the provisions of sections 42, 43
 and 44'of this Ordinance.
 (2) The ballot of each voter shall be a, printed paper, in this;
 Ordinance called a ballot -paper on which the names, addresses;
 and occupations of the candidates alphabetically arranged in the:'
 order of their surnames arid numbered accordingly shall be printed.
 exactly as they are set out in their respective nomination papers..
 Opposite to the name of each candidate' there shall be a.
 prescribed symbol. The ballot papers shall have a counterfoil
- and a stub, an-d there shall be a line of perforations between the
 ballot and the counterfoil and between the counterfoil and the
 stub, the whole as in the form set out as Form No. 30 in the First
 Schedule.,
 (3) The ballot papers shall be numbered on the top of the
 stub and the counterfoil, the same number being printed or
 written on the stub as on the counterfoil, The ballot papers shall.
 be bound or stitched in books containing tenri,twenty-five, fifty or
 Sone hundred ballots.

 30. The Supervisor of Elections shall establish for each
 polling division such number of polling stations as may
 be necessary, each polling station being, in* premises of
 convenient .access, with'an outside door for the admission of
 electors; and where "possible, with another door through which
 electors may leave after they have voted, and each presiding
 officer shall take care beforehand that his. polling' station is,
 provided with proper doots, barriers, tables, chairs and other
 conveniences, and that the same are properly arranged for
 carrying out the provisions of this Ordinance with respect to the
 taking of the poll.

 31. (1) The returning officer shall furnish to each-presiding'
 officer at-least two clear days before polling day-
 (a) a sufficient number of ballot papers for at least, the
 number of electors on the'official list of electors of such presiding -
 officer's polling station;
 (bi a statement showing the-number of ballot papers so
 supplied, with their serial numbers;
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Taking of Poll
and the. ballot.


Establishment
of polling
' stations.









Supplies of
election
material.


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