STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS
THE CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS RULES, 1961
Presiding
Officer's entry in the voting compartment during poll
Closing of Poll
Account of
votes recorded
Sealing of
voting machine after poll
Sealing of
other packets
49Q. Presiding Officer's
entry in the voting compartment during poll.-(1)
The presiding officer may whenever he considers it
necessary to do so, enter the voting compartment
during poll and take such steps as may be necessary
to ensure that the balloting unit is not tampered or
interfered with in any way.
(2) If the presiding officer has reason to suspect
that an elector who has entered the voting
compartment is tampering or otherwise interfering
with the balloting unit or has remained inside the
voting compartment for unduly long period, he shall
enter the voting compartment and take such steps as
may be necessary to ensure the smooth and orderly
progress of the poll.
(3) Whenever the presiding officer enters the voting
compartment under this rule, he shall permit the
polling agents present to accompany him if they so
desire.
49R. Closing of Poll.-(1)
The presiding officer shall close a polling station
at the hour fixed in that behalf under section 56 and
shall not thereafter admit any elector into the
polling station:
Provided that all electors present at the polling
station before it is closed shall be allowed to cast
their votes.
(2) If any question arises whether an elector was
present at the polling station before it was closed
it shall be decided by the presiding officer and his
decision shall be final.
49S. Account of votes
recorded.-(1) The presiding officer shall at the
close of the poll prepare an account of votes
recorded in Form 17-C and enclose it in a separate
cover with the words `Account of Votes Recorded'
superscribed thereon.
(2) The presiding officer shall furnish to every
polling agent present at the close of the poll a true
copy of the entries made in Form 17-C after obtaining
a receipt from the said polling agent therefor and
shall attest it as a true copy.
49T. Sealing of voting
machine after poll.-(1) As soon as practicable
after the closing of the poll, the presiding officer
shall close the control unit to ensure that no
further votes can be recorded and shall detach the
balloting unit from control unit.
(2) The control unit and the balloting unit shall
thereafter be sealed, and secured separately in such
manner as the Election Commission may direct and the
seal used for securing them shall be so affixed that
it will not be possible to open the units without
breaking the seals.
(3) The polling agents present at the polling
station, who desire to affix their seals, shall also
be permitted to do so.
49U. Sealing of other
packets.-(1) The presiding officer shall then
make into separate packets,—
(a)
The marked copy of the electoral roll;
(b) the register of voters in Form 17A;
(c) the cover containing the tendered ballot
papers and the list in Form 17B;
(d) the list of challenged votes; and
(e) any other papers directed by the Election
Commission to be kept in a sealed packet.
(2)
Each packet shall be sealed with the seal of the
presiding officer and with the seal either of the
candidate or of his election agent or of his polling
agent who may be present at the polling station and
may desire to affix his seal thereon.
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