70Recount

70 Recount (1) At any time before the declaration of the result of an election, the returning officer may direct an authorised officer to recount all or a specified class of the ballot papers. (2) The returning officer may give the direction: (a) on receipt of a written request from a candidate stating the reasons why a recount is sought; or (b) on the returning officer's own initiative. (3) In the course of the recount the authorised officer may reconsider any decision made earlier in the scrutiny relating to the admission or rejection of a ballot paper as a formal ballot paper and may reverse the decision. (4) If on an earlier count the question of which of 2 or more candidates with an equal number of votes is to be excluded arose and that question was resolved by lot, if the same question arises on the recount the same candidate must be excluded.