Legislative Council (Elections).


out by the presiding officer.
 (2) In countirig the votes, the presiding officer shall reject
 all ballot papers-
 (a) which have not been supplied by him; or
 (b) which have not been marked for any candidate; or
 .(c) on which votes have been given for more than one
 candidate; or
 (d) upon which there is any writing or mark by which the
 voter could be identified, but no ballot paper shall be rejected on
 account of any writing, number, or mark placed thereon by any
 presiding officer.
 (3) If, in the course of counting the votes any ballot paper is
 found with the counterfoil still attached thereto, the presiding
 officer shall (carefully. concealing the numbers thereon from all
 persons present and without examining them himself) remove
 such counterfoil. He shall not reject the ballot paper merely by
 reason of his former failure to-remove the counterfoil.'
 (4) If, in the course -of counting the votes the presiding
 officer discovers that he has omitb'd to affix his initials to any
 ballot paper, as provided by-subsection (1) of section 42 of this
.Ordinance, and as indicated in the form set out as Form No. 30 in
the First Schedule to this'Ordinance, he shall, in the presence of
the poll clerk and the agents of the candidates, affix his initials to
such ballot paper and shall count such ballot paper as if it had
been initialled by him in the first place, provided that he is
satisfied that the ballot paper is one that has been supplied by
him and that such an omission has really been made, and also that
every ballot paper supplied to him by the returning officer has
been accounted for, as provided by paragraph (d) -of subsection
(1) of this section,
 (5) 'Nothing in subsection (2) or subsection (3), or subsection
 (4) of this section shall relieve the presiding officer from any
 penalty to which he may have become liable by reason of his
 having placed any-writing, number or mark, other than his
 initials, on any ballot paper, or of his failure to remove the
 counterfoil at the time of the casting of the vote to. which it
 relates or to affix his initials to Any ballot paper before handing it
 to any elector.
 (6) The presiding officer shall keep a record on the special
 form printed in the poll book of every objection made by any
 candidate, or his agent or any elector present, to any ballot paper
 found in the ballot box, and shall decide every question arising
 out of the objection. The decision of the presiding officer shall
 be final, subject to reversal on the final count by the returning
 officer or on petition questioning the election or return; and every
 such objection shall be numbered, and a corresponding number
 placed on the back of the ballot paper and initialled by the
 presiding fficer.-


1951.