(1) If the number of candidates who stand duly nominated is equal to the number of members, to be elected the Reluming Officer shall after the expiry of the tune bn withdrawal of candidature declare such candidate or candidate* to be d::!\ elec led ■ ■ d the
(2) If the number of Midi candid. u»< b lower than the number members to he elected, the Returning Officer shall alter the expiry of time for withdrawal of candidature declare such candidate, if any. m such candidates to he dulv elected
(3) If the number of such candidates exceeds the number of members to be elected, the Returning Officer shall forthwith notify their names and addresses on the Notice Board in the office of the Council and shall lurtliei cause their names to he entered in alphabetical order in the \u iing papei .
in Form III in Appendix 1.
(4) If a poll is found necessary, the Returning Officer <hr?H mvo^ 'toP* ieJlie_dai£.^ppuinted thexefoi a letter of intimation in Form IV in Appendix ! together with i m m 1.- red v© ̂ «n*nnnn t t w , font* i, tr*T*<r h « 1 [ *nn v (n) _k declaration paper in Foim 11, a voting paper in Form 111 containing the names of the candidates in alphabetical order arid bearing the Returning Officer's initials or fascimile signature, a voting paper cover addicssed to him (The Returning Officer), and an outer cover also addressed to him.
(5) An elector who has not received the voting and other connected papers, sent to him by post, or who has lost* them or in whose case the papers before their return to the Returning Officer have inadvertently been spoiled, may transmit a declaration to that eiTccl, signed by himself and require Returning Officer to send him fresh papers and if the papers have been spoilt, the spoiled papers shall be returned to the Returning Officer, wno shall cancel them on receipt. In every case when fre^h papers arc issued, a mark shall be placed against the number relating to the elector's name in the electoral roll to denote that fresh papers have been issued.
(6) No election shall be invalidated by reason of an elector not receiving his voting paper, provided that a voting paper has been issued to him in accordance with these rules.
13. Votes to be sent btj registered post —‘ .very elec- * desirous of recording his note shall, after filling up the declaration paper and the voting paper according to the directions given in the letter of intimation, enclose, the voting paper in the voting paper cover, stick up the cover, enclose the cover and the declaration paper in the outer envelope address ed to tile Returning Officer, and send the outer envelope by registered post at the elector’s own cost to the Returning Officer, so ;.s to reach him not later than 5 P. A\. on the date fired for the poll. All envelopes receiv ed after that cay or hour, or received by unregistered post shall be rejected
14. Endorsement by Returning Officer on registered covers—On receipt oi the envelopes by registered post containing the declaration papers and the closed cover containing the voting papers, the Returning Officer shall endorse on the outer envelope the date and hour of receipt.