Section 20: Admissible number of votes to a voter

(1) A voter shall have one vote only, and'he shall have as many preferences as there are candidates. ;

(2) The voter in order to cast his vote:- i

(a) shall place on his ballot paper the number 1 (in Arabic or • ■ , Roman numerals or in words) in the square opposite the name of the candidate for whom he desires to vote; and

(b) may, in addition, place on his ballot paper the number 2, or the numbers 2 and 3 or the numbers 2, 3 and 4 (in Arabic or Roman I numerals or in ’ words) and so on in the squares opposite the ;

names of other candidates in the order of his preference, upto the maximum number of preferences available to him under sub-rule !

(1). ;

. (c) may put x' against whom he has not mentioned any J preference ■ . ' " :