PART VISSUE AND RECEIPT OF POSTAL BALLOT PAPERS
Receipt of Postal Ballot Papers
Opening of ballot paper envelopes83
1
The returning officer shall open separately each ballot paper envelope placed in the receptacle for ballot paper envelopes.
2
He shall place—
a
in the postal ballot box, any ballot paper the number on which is the same as the number on the ballot paper envelope;
b
in the receptacle for rejected votes, any other ballot paper which shall be marked “rejected” and to which shall be attached the ballot paper envelope; and
c
in the receptacle for rejected votes any ballot paper envelope which shall be marked “rejected” because it does not contain a ballot paper.