(1) Except as otherwise prescribed the voter upon receipt of the ballot paper shall without delay:
(a) retire alone to some unoccupied compartment of the booth, and there, in private, mark his or her vote on the ballot paper;
(b) fold the ballot paper so as to conceal his or her vote and:
(i) if the voter is not an absent voter--deposit it in the ballot - box; or
(ii) if the voter is an absent voter--return it to the presiding officer or a polling official; and
(2) A presiding officer or polling official must enclose each
ballot paper of an absent voter returned to the officer or official under
subsection (1) in the envelope bearing the declaration made by the
voter under subsection 222(1) or (1A), securely fasten the envelope and
place it in the ballot - box.