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| (1) Upon the receipt of a direction under section 57, the returning officer shall direct the counting officers to break the seals only of the packets in which the votes cast in favour of the candidates eliminated from the contest have been sealed, and to comply with the directions given under section 57. |
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| (2) The counting officer shall endorse the words "not counted" on any ballot paper not counted by him under section 57 (2). Before deciding not to count a ballot paper under the provisions of that section, the counting officer shall show it to each counting agent, if present, and hear his views thereon. |
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