Section 26: Re-issue of ballot paper

The Conduct Of Election Rules,1961Central Rules · 1951

(1) When a postal ballot paper and other papers sent under rule 23 are for any reason returned undelivered, the returning officer may re-issue them by post under certificate of posting or deliver them or cause them to be delivered to the elector personally on a request being made by him.

(2) If any elector has inadvertently dealt with the ballot paper or any of the other papers sent to him under rule 23 in such a manner that they cannot conveniently be used, a second set of the papers shall be issued to him after he has returned the spoiled papers and satisfied the returning officer of the inadvertence.

(3) The returning officer shall cancel the spoiled papers so returned and keep them in a separate packet after noting thereon the particulars of the election and the serial numbers of the cancelled ballot papers.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Conduct Of Election Rules,1961
Section	26
Marginal note	Re-issue of ballot paper
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

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