(1) At any time before
the declaration of the result of the election the returning officer may, if he
thinks fit, on the written request of any candidate setting forth the reasons
for the request, or of his own motion, re-count the votes on the ballot papers
from any district or portion of a district, or on the ballot papers contained
in any parcel or on the ballot papers of any particular class.
(2) In conducting the
re-count the returning officer shall have the same powers as if the re-count
were the scrutiny, and may reverse any decision in relation to the scrutiny as
to the allowance or admission or disallowance or rejection of any ballot
paper.
(3) Section 146I(3) to
(5) apply in relation to the re-count.
[Section 146J inserted: No. 40 of 1987 s. 73;
amended: No. 43 of 1996 s. 22.]
[Heading amended: No. 14 of 2016 s. 28(6).]