Local authorities elections (special provisions) Law (No. 24 of 1977)

Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

Replacement of section 44 of the principal enactment

52. Section 44 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor : -

44. For the purposes of each election for any electoral area, the returning officer of that area shall,-

	(a) appoint such officers and servants as may be necessary for taking the poll and counting the votes;

	(b) furnish each polling station in that electoral area with such number of compartments as may be necessary to accommodate a reasonable number of voters at any one time and to ensure that the voters are screened from observation when they mark their ballot papers;

	(c) furnish each presiding officer with such number of ballot capers . and ballot boxes as in the opinion of the returning officer. may be necessary for the member of voters assigned to that polling station:

	(d) provide each polling station with materials to enable voters to mark the ballot papers, with instruments for stamping there- on or perforating the official mark, and with copies of the electoral list, for the time being in force for that electoral area or that part of the list which contains the names of voters who are assigned to that polling station;

	(e) do such other acts and things as may be necessary for effectually conducting the election in the manner provided by this Ordinance.".