(1) Every elector about whose identity the presiding officer or the polling officer, as the case may be, is satisfied, shall allow his left forefinger to be inspected by the presiding officer or polling officer and an indelible ink mark to be put on it as far as possible just below the root of the nail so that the ink also spreads on the ridge between the skin and the root of the nail.
(2) If any elector refuses to allow his left forefinger to be inspected or marked in accordance with sub-rule (1) or has already such a mark on his left forefinger or does any act with a view to remove the ink mark, he shall not be supplied with any ballot paper or allowed to vote.
(3) Any reference in this rule to the left forefinger of an elector shall, in the case where the elector has his left forefinger missing be construed as a reference to any other finger of their left hand and shall in the case where all the fingers of his left hand are missing be construed as reference to the forefinger or any other finger of his right hand and in the case where all their fingers of both the hands are missing shall be construed as a reference to such extremity of his left or right arm as he possesses.