| (1) For the purposes of an election in any administrative district the returning officer shall"
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| (a) appoint such officers and servants as may be necessary for taking the poll; | | |
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| (b) furnish each polling station in that administrative district 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 ; | | |
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| (c) furnish each presiding officer with a copy of that part of the register of electors containing the names of electors in such register assigned to his polling station and a list of such of the names of electors in that copy as appear in the postal voters' list. A distinguishing mark shall be placed against the name of every elector who is entitled to be treated as a postal voter in the part of that register supplied to each such presiding officer; | | |
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| (d) furnish each presiding officer with such number of ballot boxes and ballot papers as, in the opinion of the returning officer, may be necessary for the number of voters assigned to that polling station; | | |
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| (e) provide each polling station with materials to enable voters to mark the ballot papers, with instruments for perforating or stamping thereon the official mark; | | |
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| (f) do such other acts and things as may be necessary for effectually conducting the election in the manner provided by this Act. | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts