Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

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Presidential Elections (Special Provisions) Act (No. 2 of 1981) - Sect 10

The count

10.
(1) The returning officer shall examine the ballot papers and shall, after rejecting any invalid ballot papers, divide the remaining ballot papers according to the first preferences recorded for each candidate. He shall then count the number of preferences recorded for each candidate.
(2) If any candidate desires to be present at the counting of votes he may do so or if he wishes to appoint another member to represent him at the counting he may inform She returning officer after obtaining the consent of that member


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