Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Before every
adjournment of the count of the votes all ballot papers and other documents
connected with such count shall be placed in one or more ballot boxes, and the
officer conducting the count shall then, in the presence of such scrutineers
and officers as are present, seal such ballot box or boxes with his official
seal, if any, or with his private seal, and any scrutineer who shall desire so
to do, shall be permitted by the officer conducting the count to place his
special seal upon such ballot box or boxes. The cleft shall also be closed and
sealed unless the ballot box is provided with an outer cover without a cleft.
(2) Before
recommencing the count such seals shall be exhibited unbroken to the
scrutineers and officers.
[Section 136 amended: No. 59 of 1919 s. 5; No. 40
of 1987 s. 84.]
[Heading inserted: No. 40 of 1987 s. 64; amended:
No. 14 of 2016 s. 28(6).]