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| (1) The returning officer shall retain the packets and all documents forwarded to him under sections 53, 55 and 59, for a period of six months reckoned from the date of the receipt thereof and thereafter shall cause the said packets and documents to be destroyed unless otherwise directed by the Commissioner. |
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| (2) A Judge of the Supreme Court may make an order that any ballot paper or other document relating to an election which has been sealed as required by this Act be inspected, copied or produced at such time and place and subject to such conditions as the Judge may deem expedient, but shall not make such an order unless he is satisfied that such inspection, copy or production is required for the purpose of instituting or maintaining a prosecution or an election petition in connection with the election. Save as aforesaid, no person shall be allowed to inspect any such ballot paper or document while it is in the custody of the returning officer |
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