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Receipt of covering envelope and collection of postal votes
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17.—(1) The constituency returning officer shall, immediately on receipt (whether by hand or 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 constituency returning officer–
(a)has been opened; and
(b)contains a ballot paper envelope, postal voting statement or ballot papers,
the first–mentioned envelope, together with its contents, shall be placed in a postal voters' ballot box.
(3) The constituency returning officer may collect, or cause to be collected, any postal ballot paper or postal voting statement which by virtue of rule 53(1)(g) of the Scottish Parliamentary Election Rules the presiding officer of a polling station would otherwise be required to deliver or cause to be delivered to him.
(4) Where the constituency returning officer collects, or causes to be collected, any postal ballot paper or postal voting statement in accordance with sub-paragraph (3) the presiding officer shall first make it (or them) up into a packet (or packets) sealed with his own seal and the seals of such polling agents as are present and desire to affix their seals.
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