Scrutineers at count
23 Scrutineers at count
A group of members of Parliament or body with whose authority or by which an argument has been forwarded to the Electoral Commissioner under section 9(1) or (3) may appoint one scrutineer to represent them or it at the scrutiny and count of votes at any counting place.
The appointment of a scrutineer under subsection (1) shall be made by written notice to the officer conducting the count, signed on behalf of the group of members of Parliament or body, giving the name and address of the scrutineer.
If a scrutineer appointed under subsection (1) objects to a ballot paper as informal the officer conducting the count shall mark the ballot paper “admitted” or “rejected” according to his decision to admit or reject the ballot paper, and initial such marking, but nothing in this subsection prevents the officer from rejecting any ballot paper as being informal although it is not objected to.
[Section 23 amended: No. 40 of 1987 s. 100.]
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