(1) If at any clection any ballot box is unlawfully taken out of the custody of the Nirvachan Adhikari or of any Matdan Adhyaksha, or is in any way tempered with, or is either accidentally or intentionally destroyed or lost, the polling at the election in ballot box relates shall be void.
respect of the polling place to which such
(2) Whenever the polling has become void under Sub-rule (1) the Nirvachan Adhikari shall as soon as practicable after the act or event causing such voidance has come to his knowledge, repott the matter to the District Magistrate and shall with his previous approval, appoint a day for the taking of a fresh poll and fix the place at which and hours during which the poll shall be taken and notify the same in such manner as may be specified by the District Magistrate. )
(3) In every such aforesaid case the Matdan Adhyaksha shall take a fresh poll and the provisions of this chapter shall apply to every such fresh poll as they apply to the original poli