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| (1) On the date fixed for the holding of the election, the Secretary-General shall act as the returning officer and shall, subject to the following provisions, do all things necessary for the conduct of the election. |
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| (2) Before voting commences the returning officer shall show the empty ballot box or boxes to the members and thereafter seal it or them, as the case may be, in their presence. |
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| (3) When voting commences, the returning officer shall call out the name of each member including the Speaker who shall proceed to the returning officer's table and receive a ballot paper. The returning officer shall initial the back of the ballot paper with his initials in the presence of the member. |
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| (4) The member who receives a ballot paper shall then proceed to the cubicle provided in the chamber and mark his ballot paper. |
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| (5) Every ballot paper shall be substantially in the Form in the Schedule hereto, and shall contain the names of all the candidates. |
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| (6) When a member has received a ballot paper, he shall signify thereon, in the manner hereinafter provided, for whom he desires to vote. The member shall then fold the ballot paper so that the returning officer's initials thereon may be visible and, having held up the ballot paper in such manner as to enable the returning officer to see the initials, shall put the ballot paper in a ballot box or one of the ballot boxes, if there is more than one, placed on the returning officer's table. |
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| (7) If a member inadvertently spoils a ballot paper, he may return it to the returning officer who shall, if satisfied of such inadvertence, give him another ballot paper and the spoilt ballot paper shall be immediately cancelled by such returning officer. |
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| (8) The returning officer shall, before the voting is due to end, call out a second time the name of any member who has not voted when his name was called out under subsection (3). If such member does not vote after his name is called out a second time, he shall be deemed to have abstained from voting. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts