16. Section 60 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section, and the substitution of the following subsection therefor :
| "(1) After the receipt of the documents referred to in section 55 the returning office shall from the statements under subsection (7) of section 53 furnished to him by all the counting officers (including the counting officers of the counting centre or centres where postal ballot papers were counted) add up and determined the number of votes given for each recognized political party and independent group and the number of preferences indicated for each candidate nominated by each such party or group. The returning officer shall, before he opens a sealed packet referred to in paragraph (h) of section 55, upon a request made by an agent appointed under section 58, permit such agent to inspect the seals on such packet.". |
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