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Paragraph 16

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(1)

The presiding officer, on the application of an elector—

(a)

who is incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause from voting in the manner directed by these rules, or

(b)

who declares orally that he is unable to read,

shall cause the elector’s vote to be marked on the ballot paper to be placed in the ballot box.

(2)

The name and number on the register of electors of every elector whose vote is marked in pursuance of this rule, and the reason why it is so marked, shall be entered in a list entitled “the list of votes marked by the presiding officer”.