(1) An elector who has received a postal ballot paper and desires to vote shall record his vote on the ballot paper in accordance with the directions contained in part-I of Form16-C and then enclose it in the cover in Form 16-B.
(2) The elector shall sign the declaration in Form-16 in the presence of and have the signature attested by a Magistrate or any Gazetted officer to whom he is personally known or to whose satisfaction he has been identified.
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(3) In case of a voter falling under clause (a) of rule 45, the attestation shall be by the commanding officer of the unit, ship or establishment in which the voter or voter’s spouse, as the case may be, is employed.
(4) In case of a voter on election duty, any Gazetted officer or the presiding officer of the polling station at which he is on election duty may attest.
(5) In case of an elector under preventive detention the Superintendent of the jail in which the elector is under detention may attest.