20. Section 49 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:
| (1) in sub-section (1) of that section by the substitution, for the expression " The returning officer ", of the expression " Subject to the succeeding provisions of this section, the returning officer "; and |
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| (2) by the insertion, immediately after subsection (2) of that section, of the following new sub-section:
| | "(2A) Where the returning officer is satisfied that a ballot paper is not a forged or counterfeit ballot paper, he shall not reject it solely on the ground that it is not stamped or perforated with the official mark. Before deciding not to reject a ballot paper under the preceding provisions of this section the returning officer shall show it to each candidate or his counting agent if present and hear his views thereon.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts