{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2010/schedule-2/paragraph-68",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2010/schedule-2/paragraph-68.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2999",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2010",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/68",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "68",
  "heading": "Sealing up of ballot papers",
  "text": "(1) On the completion of the counting at a contested election the CRO shall seal up in separate packets the counted and rejected ballot papers.\n(2) The CRO shall not open the sealed packets of—\n(a) tendered ballot papers;\n(b) the completed corresponding number lists;\n(c) certificates as to employment on duty on the day of the poll; or\n(d) marked copies of the polling register and lists of proxies.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 rule 68(2) modified (16.2.2011) by Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1), s. 19(2), Sch. 7 para. 51(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 68 in force at 30.12.2010, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2999/schedule/2/paragraph/68",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:22:23.922800+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}