Paragraph 59 Retention of documents
The proper officer of the council shall retain amongst the records of the council–
(a)
for one year all documents; and
(b)
for four years all electronic copies of information made under rule 56(1)(a)
relating to an election forwarded to such officer in pursuance of these rules by a returning officer, and at the expiry of that period of one or four years, as the case may be, shall, unless otherwise directed by an order of a sheriff principal or an election court, cause them to be destroyed.