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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-local-government-elections-rules-2002/schedule-2/paragraph-44",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2002/457",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Local Government Elections Rules 2002",
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  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/44",
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  "number": "44",
  "heading": "Sealing up of ballot papers",
  "text": "(1) On the completion of the counting at a contested election the returning officer shall seal up in separate packets the counted and rejected ballot papers.\n(2) The returning officer shall not open the sealed packets of tendered ballot papers or of counterfoils and certificates as to employment on duty on the day of the poll, or of marked copies of the register of electors and list of proxies.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2005/572",
      "affecting_title": "The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Modification of Subordinate Legislation) Order 2005"
    },
    {
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      "affecting": "ssi/2005/572",
      "affecting_title": "The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Modification of Subordinate Legislation) Order 2005"
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    {
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      "affecting": "uksi/2002/2779",
      "affecting_title": "The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2002"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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