8. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 48 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 48A of that enactment :-
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| | (1) Where the Commissioner has received an information under section 47A (1) in relation to a polling station in an electoral district, the counting of votes cast at the election for that electoral district shall commence after the returning officer receives all the ballot boxes relating to that electoral district, other than the ballot boxes from the polling station in relation to which such information has been received. The provisions of this Order relating to the counting of votes at an election shall apply to the counting of votes in the ballot boxes received by the returning officer. The returning officer shall count the votes in the ballot boxes and shall record the number of votes secured by each candidate. | | |
| | (2) If the Commissioner makes no Order under section 47A (2) in respect of any polling station in the electoral district to which the count relates, he shall direct the returning officer to declare elected, the candidate securing the highest number of votes at the count taken in accordance with subsection (1). | | |
| | (3) If the Commissioner makes an Order under section 47A (2) in respect of any polling station in the electoral district to which the count relates, the returning officer shall add the votes secured by each candidate at the count taken in accordance with subsection (1) to the votes secured by that candidate at the poll taken in pursuance of the Order under section 47A(2) and shall declare elected the candidate receiving the highest number of votes after such addition.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts