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Legislative -Council (Elections).


Who may be
present.












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Proceedings
after poll.


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1 No.


1951.


 S46. (1) In addition to the presiding officer and the poll
clerk the candidates and:-one agent for each candidate in each
polling station, the constables on duty, and no others, shall be
permitted"to remain in the polling station during the time the
poll remains open : Provided that no candidate and his agent
shall-be in the same polling-station at the same time for -more
than five consecutive minutes.
 (2) The agent of each candidate, on being admitted to the
polling station, shall take an oath in the form set out as Form No.-
40 in the First Schedule to keep secret the name of the candidate
for whom any of the voters has marked his ballot paper in his
presence.
 (3) Agents of candidates miay, with the permission of the
presiding officer, absent themselves from and return to the polling
station at any time before one hour previous to the close of the
p ol0.

 47. (1) Forthwith upon the close of the poll, in the presence
 and in full view of the-poll clerk and the candidates or their
 agents, and if the candidates or any of .them are absent, tlen in
 thij presence of such as are present, and of at least two electors if
 none of the candidates is represented, the presiding officer shall
 in the following order,-
 (a) count the number of voters whose names appear in the
 poll book as having voted and make an entry thereof on the-line
 immediately below the name of the voter, who voted last, thus :
 "the number of voters who voted at this election in this polling
 station is.................. (stating the number), and sign his name
 thereto;
 (b) count the spoiled ballot papers, if any, place them in the
 special envelope supplied for that purpose and indicate thereon
 the number of such spoiled ballot papers and seal it up;
 (c) count the unused ballot papers, place them with all the
 stubs of all used ballot papers in the special envelope supplied for
 that purpose and indicate thereon the number of such unused
 ballot papers;
 (a) check the number of ballot papers supplied by the
 returning officer against the numberof spoiled ballot papers, if
 any, the number of unused ballot papers and the number of
 voters whose riames appear in the poll book as having voted, in
 order to ascertain that all ballot papers are accounted for;
 (e) pen the ballot box and empty its contents upon a table;
 (f) record and count the number of votes given to each
 candidate on.the tally sheets supplied, giving full opportunity tb
 those present to examine each ballot paper. The poll clerk and
 not less than two witnesses shall be supplied with tally sheets
-upon vhich they may keep their -own score as each vote is called