The presiding office'r shall close .the polling stotion each day at the hour appointed under the' provi .... ' .. :sions of sub-rule (1) o[ ru Ie lR and no bnlIot . paper shall be issued to .. '. any elector. after sueh hour, but all ele:tors p\'(~sent at the place lixed .. for·the poll before it is so closed, shall be I'ntitled to have their voles recorded:' .
Provided that if ror' any reason it was not possible to 0pe'n lhe · : fJollill/' slation at the hour npfloinlcd untle'l' the ,provi(;ions of sub .. rule (1) of rule lB, or if by rcason of disorder at the polling slation, or for anv other reason. the polling was' stopped for a certain time, '. the presiding officer' shall keep the polling station open for a fnrthcr period egua.l to the period th:>.t elapsed between' the hour appointed for the opening of' the polling station and the hour, at which it wa" actua lIy opened or the lime during which polling was slopped. ns the case may be.
:l9. Pl.'OCCd.1I1·C' at close of jJoll.-(l) The presiding officer o[ each pulling station shall. as soon as practicable after the 'Close of the poll.
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ill. ~h,l'yrescllcr. o[ Ihp ci\lIdidnlcs Of lhcir agenls who may 'be present, PlllhllC an accounl of ballot papcr!; in form V; , , I " , "1, 't2) He shnll nl~o mnke lip inlo separate packels:-'
(i) lhe' unuscd bnllot papers;
(ii) the lendcrcd ballot pnpcl'S;
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(iii) the cancelled ballot pnpers (relurned as well as spoilt);
(iv) the ma.rked to?y of the electoral roll;
(v) lhc, lcndc·reu voles Ilsl;
(vi) the .list, of challen~d voles;
(vii) a.ny olher papt'l' dirl'C'lcd by the returning omcer to be kept in n sealed packet;
, and shalt seal each ~l\l'h pa('kr.l wilhhis own seal and the seals of such ,candidates or eleclion or polling agents as may d~sire to afIix their seals thereon. .
t3) He shall forward the <lccoun.t oI ballot papers reIerred to in ;'
~ub-rll~e (1) and lh~ packebs referred to in sub-rule (2) to the return" ' JOg olhcer, ' along wilh lhe packets referred to in rule 43... , ~o, Fresh poll 'in cose of de.~lrucLion of bn:llot bO:l:es.-If at any elecLlon any ballot hox or boxes in or arc unlawfully taken out of the ,_ c~stody of the preillding onicer IIr is or a.re in any way tampered' ~", wIth, or !s or are e.\lher accidently or intentionally deslroyed or. lost. :
the election to whl'ch such ballot box or boxes relate shall be liable to be declared, qo; void, but only in respect of the 'polling at the L . 1'0'\:.,.: !:l,d ion, or sLat.ion<; provide(l for lhe poll. a!l'the case mar b", " at which such ballot box or boxes was or were used and no further...
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(2) Whenever the polling al any i\Jolling fitation or stations" or ' aL the place fixed for lilt' poll r;hall be Hable lo be declared void under sub-rule (1), the presiding o/licer fiha1l, as soon <IS practicable after 'Ithe aqt or event causing such voidance has come to his knowledge, ] report lhe matter to lh!' returninr, offi'cer, Deputy Commissioner and • lhe ComlTli,ssioncr, GlI1'dwarn EIl'cliQns. The Depuly Commissioner shall. in the ("vent of his being sntisfied, declare lhe electifln void and the re,turning ollieer shall, with the approval of the COrJ:Imis- :
,sioner, Gurdwara, Elections, appoint a day, for the, taking of a fresh poll in such or every such pollinn station or in such place fixed for the poU and fi" the hours during which the poll will be taken:.. . . .
. Provided lhat nn fresh poll shall be taken i( the difference bet- ;
,ween the votes secured by the candidate who is found to have obtain ed t.he least number of votes uplo the number of members to be" elected and by the candidate who har; polled the largest number of volrs from amongst Lhe remaining 'candidates ifi more than the total number of voters enliLled t.o vote at such a polling station or polling sLations in the constituency, .
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(3) The provision') of these rules shall apply to every such fresh poll as they apply' to the original poll.