62. Section 59 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor:-
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| | (1) As soon as practicable after the closure of the poll the presiding officer of each polling station shall, in the presence of the polling agents, make up into separate packets, sealed with his own seal and the seals of such polling agents as desire to affix their seals-
| | | (a) each ballot box used at that station together with the key of the box, each such box remaining locked as it was at the time of the opening of the poll and being sealed after the closure of the poll so as to prevent the introduction of any ballot papers thereafter; |
| (b) the unused and spoilt ballot papers; |
| (c) the tendered ballot papers; |
| (d) the marked copies of the electoral list and the counterfoils of the ballot papers; |
| (e) the tendered votes list; and |
| (f) the list of voters to whom ballot papers are not, delivered under section 53A, |
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| | (2) The packets shall be accompanied by a Statement (hereinafter referred to as "the ballot paper account") made by the presiding officer, showing the number of ballot papers entrusted to him, and accounting for them under the heads of-
| | | (a) ballot papers in the ballot box; |
| (b) unused and spoilt ballot papers; and |
| (c) tendered ballot papers.'. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts