Recount
110 Recount
(1) The Commission may, at any time before a candidate is declared to be elected for a division under section 111, direct an authorised officer for the division to recount any ballot papers placed in a parcel under this Part in relation to the division.
The Commission may give the direction:
(a) on receipt of a written request by a candidate for the division stating the reasons for it; or
on the Commission's own initiative.
If the Commission gives the direction:
this Part applies to the recount; and
(b) the officer may reverse any decision made earlier in the scrutiny relating to the admission or rejection of a ballot paper as a formal ballot paper.
In addition:
(a) if required by a candidate's scrutineer, the officer must refer any question relating to the formal or informal nature of a ballot paper to the Commission; and
the Commission must decide the question.
This section has effect subject to section 109.
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