ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 177 Preservation of documents
ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 177
Preservation of documents(1) As soon as practicable after the close of the poll for an election, the returning officer for each station shall forward to the commissioner—
(a) a copy of the record of the issue of each ballot paper; and
(b) a copy of the statement referred to in section 175 (c); and
(c) the ballot papers used for voting at the station.
(2) The commissioner
shall keep the documents referred to in subsection (1) in safe custody for the
purposes of scrutiny under part 12.