(1) Every elector, shall before receiving the ballot paper or ballot papers allow-
(a) the inspection of his left forefinger by the Presiding Officer or Polling Officer; and 30
(b) and indelible ink mark to be put on the back of left forefinger immediately above the root of the nail or skin or in such manner as the State Election Commission may direct in special circumstances.
(2) If any such elector-
(a) refuses to allow such inspection of his left forefinger by the Presiding Officer or Polling Officer as the case may be; or
(b) refuses to allow an indelible ink mark to be put on left forefinger; or
(c) persists in doing any act with a view to removing any such mark after it has been put, he shall not be entitled to be supplied with any ballot paper or ballot papers or to record his votes at the election.
(3) No person who has already such mark on the left forefinger shall be supplied with a ballot paper.
(4) Any reference in these Rules 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 or fingers on his left hand, and shall in case where all the fingers of his left hand are missing, be construed as a reference to the forefinger or any other finger or fingers of his right hand, and shall in the case where all his fingers of both the hands are missing be construed as a reference to such extremity of his left or right arm as he possesses.