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47.—(1) The presiding officer on the application of a voter—
(a)who is incapacitated by blindness or other disability from voting in a manner directed by these Rules; or
(b)who declares orally that the voter is unable to read,
shall, in the presence of the polling agents, cause the voter’s vote to be marked on a ballot paper in a manner directed by the voter, and the ballot paper to be placed in the ballot box.
(2) The name and number in the polling register of every voter whose vote is marked in pursuance of this rule, and the reason why it is so marked, shall be entered on a list (in these Rules referred to as “the list of votes marked by the presiding officer”).
(3) In the case of a person voting as proxy for an elector, the number to be entered together with the voter’s name shall be the elector’s number.
(4) At a Scottish parliamentary general election the same list of votes marked by the presiding officer, required under paragraph (2), may be used for votes marked on constituency ballot papers and votes marked on regional ballot papers and where it is so used, an entry in that list shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be taken to mean that each such ballot paper was so marked.
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