The polling shall be
conducted as follows:
(1) Before any vote is
taken the presiding officer shall exhibit the ballot box empty, and shall then
securely fasten and seal it so that nothing can be removed without breaking
the seal.
(2) Subject to
sections 100A and 100B, the poll shall be open at 8 a.m., and shall not close
until all the electors present in the polling place at 6 p.m., and desiring to
vote, have voted; and in any dispute as regards the time the decision of the
presiding officer shall be final.
(3) At the close of
the poll the presiding officer shall publicly close, fasten, seal, and take
charge of the ballot box, and with the least possible delay forward it to the
counting place for the purposes of scrutiny; and it shall on no account be
opened except as allowed by this Act. The cleft shall also be closed and
sealed unless the ballot box is provided with an outer cover without a cleft.
(4) The presiding
officer shall also forward to the counting place the marked roll or rolls used
at the poll, and any other documents received before or during the poll,
having first endorsed and signed such rolls to identify them.
(5) Any scrutineer
present may affix his seal to the cover of the ballot box.
[Section 117 amended: No. 44 of 1911 s. 30; No. 59
of 1919 s. 5; No. 10 of 1936 s. 2; No. 57 of 1952 s. 9; No. 68 of 1964 s. 24;
No. 39 of 1979 s. 19; No. 79 of 1987 s. 45.]
[ 118. Deleted: No. 64 of 2006 s. 31.]