(1) Immediately upon
handing the ballot paper to the person claiming to vote, the officer shall
make a record, in a prescribed manner, in respect of the person’s name
on the copy of the roll.
(2) The record so made
on the copy of the roll shall be prima facie evidence of the identity of the
person to whom the ballot paper is delivered, with the elector in respect of
whose name a record is so made on the roll, and of the fact that such elector
voted at the election.
[Section 126 amended: No. 36 of 2000 s. 77(1) and
(2).]