1) As soon as practicable after the closing of the poll, the Presiding Officer shall, in the presence of any candidates or their agents, close the slit of the ballot box, and where the ballot box does not contain any mechanical device for closing the slit, he shall seal up the slit and also allow any polling agent present to affix his seal.
2) The ballot box shall therafter be sealed and secure.
3) Where it becomes necessary to use a second ballot box by reason of the first ballot box getting full, the first ballot box shall be closed, sealed and secured as provided in subrules (1) and (2) before another ballot box is put in use.
4) the Presiding Officer shall at the close of poll prepare a ballot paper account and enclose it in a separate cover with the words. "Ballot Paper Account" superscribed thereon.
5) the Presiding Officer shall then make into separate packetsa) the marked copy of the voters list;
b) the counterfoils of the used ballot papers;
c) the ballot papers signed in full by the Presiding Officer but not issued to the voters;
d) any other ballot papers not issued to the voters;
e) the cancelled ballot papers;
f) any other papers directed by the Returning officer to be kept in a sealed packet.
6) the Presiding Officer shall then deliver or caused to be delivered to the Returning Officer at such place as the Returning Officer may direct,- i) the ballot boxes;
ii) the ballot paper account;
iii) the sealed packets referred to in sub-rule(5); and iv) all other papers used at the poll.