# The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012, Paragraph 46: Receipt of covering envelope


(1) The local returning officer must, immediately on receipt by post of a covering envelope (or an envelope which is stated to include a postal vote) before the close of the poll, place it unopened in a postal voters' ballot box.
(2) Where an envelope, other than a covering envelope issued by the local returning officer—
(a) has been opened, and
(b) contains a ballot paper envelope, postal voting statement or ballot paper,
the first-mentioned envelope, together with its contents, must be placed in a postal voters' ballot box.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1917/schedule/2/paragraph/46 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-crime-commissioner-elections-order-2012/schedule-2/paragraph-46
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