Paragraph 53 Public inspection and destruction of documents

The proper officer shall retain for six months amongst the records of the Authority all documents relating to a constituency election forwarded to him in pursuance of these Rules by a CRO, and then, unless otherwise directed by an order of a county court or an election court, shall cause them to be destroyed.

Those documents, except ballot papers, counterfoils and certificates as to employment on duty on the day of the poll, shall, until destroyed, be open to public inspection at such time and in such manner as the Authority may determine.

The CRO shall keep for six months the documents retained by him in accordance with rule 51 and then, unless otherwise directed by an order of a county or an election court, shall cause them to be destroyed.

Those documents shall, until destroyed, be open to public inspection at all reasonable hours.

The proper officer and the CRO shall, on request, supply copies of or extracts from such of the documents in their possession as are open to public inspection on payment of such fees and subject to such conditions as may be determined by the Authority.