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24.—(1) At a constituency election, the ballot of every voter shall consist of a ballot paper.
(2) The persons shown in the statement of persons nominated as standing nominated, and no others, shall be entitled to have their names inserted in the ballot paper.
(3) Every ballot paper shall be in form CK in Schedule 10, and shall be printed in accordance with the directions in form CK1 in that Schedule and—
(a)shall contain the names and other particulars of the candidates shown in the statement of persons nominated;
(b)shall be capable of being folded up; and
(c)shall have a number and other unique identifying mark printed on the back.
(4) The order of the names in the ballot paper shall be the same as in the statement of persons nominated.
(5) If a certificate received by the constituency returning officer under rule 5(1) or (3) has requested that a registered political party’s registered emblem (or, as the case may be, one of the party’s registered emblems) is to be shown on the ballot paper against the candidate’s particulars, the ballot paper shall contain that emblem in that way.
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