(1) Every elector to whom a ballot paper has been issued under the provisions of these rules, shall maintain, secrecy of voting within the polling station and for that purpose observe the voting procedure hereinafter laid down, .
(2) The elector on receiving the ballot paper shall forthwith--
(a) proceed t o one of the voting compartments;
(b) there make a mark on the ballot paper with the instrument supplied for the purpose on or near the symbol of the candidate for whom he intends to vote;
(e) fold the ballot paper so as to conceal his vote;
(d) if required, show to the Presiding Officer the distinguishing maik on the ballot paper;
(e) insert the folded ballot paper into the ballot box ; and
(f) quit the polling station.
(3) Every elector shall vote without undue delay.
(4) No elector shall be allowed to enter a voting compartment when another ele tar is inside it.
(5) If an elector to whom a ballot paper has been issued, refuses, after warning given by the Presiding Officer, to observe the procedure as laid down in sub-rule (2), the ballot paper issued to, him shall, wether he has recorded his vote thereon or not, be taken back from him by the Presiding Officer or a polling Officer under the direction of the Presiding Officer.
(6) After the ballot paper has been taken back, the Presiding Officer shall record on its back the words "cancelled: voting procedure violated" and put his signature below these words.
(7) All the ballot papers on which the words "cancelled: voting procedure violated" are recorded, shall be kept in a separate cover which shall bear on its face the words "Ballot Paper; voting procedure violated".
(8) Without prejudice to any penalty to which an elector, from whom a ballot paper has been taken back under sub-rule (5), may be liable, the vote, if any, recorded on such ballot paper shall not be counted.
69. Commencement and closing at Poll- The Poll shall be commenced and closed at the hour fixed in that behalf under section 57 and no elector shall thereafter be admitted into the polling station after the close of the poll:
Provided that all electors present at the polling station at the hour of the close of poll shall be entitled to have their votes polled
Provided that if for any reason it was not possible to open a polling station at the hour appointed under section 57 or if by reason of disorder at the polling station or for any other reason the Presiding Officer has considered it necessary to stop the polling for a certain time, the Presiding Officer shall keep the polling station open for a further period equal to the period that elapsed between the hour appointed for the opening of the polling station and the hour at which it was actually opened or the time during which the polling was stopped as the case may be.