110Recount

110 Recount (1) The Commission may, at any time before a candidate is declared to be elected for a division under section 111, direct an authorised officer for the division to recount any ballot papers placed in a parcel under this Part in relation to the division. (2) The Commission may give the direction: (a) on receipt of a written request by a candidate for the division stating the reasons for it; or (b) on the Commission's own initiative. (3) If the Commission gives the direction: (a) this Part applies to the recount; and (b) the officer may reverse any decision made earlier in the scrutiny relating to the admission or rejection of a ballot paper as a formal ballot paper. (4) In addition: (a) if required by a candidate's scrutineer, the officer must refer any question relating to the formal or informal nature of a ballot paper to the Commission; and (b) the Commission must decide the question. (5) This section has effect subject to section 109.

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