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Electoral Act 2004
124Part counting of votes
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124 Part counting of votes (1) It is not necessary for an authorised officer to receive all envelopes containing ballot papers before proceeding to deal with the ballot papers under this Part. (2) However, sufficient unopened envelopes containing postal votes must be kept in the Postal Ballot Box to ensure the ballot papers when taken from the envelopes for counting are sufficient in number to ensure the secrecy of the ballot is maintained.