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Electoral Act 2004
101Initial dealing with certain voting papers
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101 Initial dealing with certain voting papers
(1) This section applies to voting papers issued under Part 6, Division
3.
(2) As soon as practicable after the close of voting for the election, the
officer in charge of a scrutiny centre must:
(a) sort the voting papers from the ballot boxes at the centre into
each division; and
(b) place the voting papers in a parcel, seal the parcel and
endorse on it a statement of its contents; and
(c) send the parcel to the Commission or the authorised officer
directed by the Commission.
Subdivision 2 Votes cast by certain persons absent from division