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LOCAL GOVERNMENT (ELECTORAL) REGULATIONS 2021
48Dealing with ballot boxes
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48 Dealing with ballot boxes (1) The authorised officer in charge of a mobile voting centre must keep ballot boxes containing ballot papers in proper custody and must ensure that they are properly secured when they are not in use. (2) At the conclusion of mobile voting, the authorised officer must send the ballot boxes to the Electoral Commissioner for safe custody, or make other provision as directed by the Electoral Commissioner for the safe custody of the ballot boxes, pending the scrutiny.