(1) No ballot paper shall be issued to any voter before the hour fixed for the commencement of the poll.
(2) No ballot paper shall be issued to any voter after the hour fixed for the closing of the poll, except to those voters, who are present at the polling station at the time of the closing of the poll. Such voters shall be allowed to record their votes even after the poll hours close.
(3) Every ballot paper shall, before issue to a voter, be,—
(i) stamped with such distinguishing mark as the Assistant Election Officer may direct, and
(ii) signed in full in its back by the Presiding Officer.
(4) No person in the polling station shall note down the serial numbers of the ballot papers issued to particular voters.