Chapter:	541D	Title:	Electoral Affairs Commission (Electoral Procedure) (Legislative Council) Regulation	Gazette Number:	E.R. 2 of 2012
Section:	63	Heading:	Steps to be taken at the close of the poll: a polling station which is also a counting station*	Version Date:	02/08/2012

(1) As soon as practicable after the close of the poll at a polling station which is also designated as a counting station, the Presiding Officer must display a notice in a prominent place outside the polling station stating that the poll has been closed and that it will be opened when it is ready for use for the counting of votes. (L.N. 84 of 2004)
(1A) A candidate, and an election agent, a polling agent and a counting agent of such candidate may stay in a polling station referred to in subsection (1) while it is closed for the preparation for the counting of votes. (L.N. 84 of 2004; L.N. 66 of 2008)
(2) After complying with subsection (1), the Presiding Officer must, in the presence of the persons, if any, who are present within the polling station, take the following steps¡X

(a) place the ballot box or boxes where that Officer and other persons who are present within the polling station can see them;
(b) cover each ballot box with a device provided for that purpose so that a ballot paper or any other material cannot be introduced into or withdrawn from the ballot box after it is covered;
(c) use a padlock to keep the device secured in position;
(d) seal each ballot box; and
(e) make up into separate sealed packets¡X
(i) ballot papers which have not been issued;
(ii) the unused ballot papers;
(iii) the spoilt ballot papers; and
(iv) the marked copies of the final register. (L.N. 84 of 2004)