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22.—(1) The counting officer must open separately each ballot paper envelope placed in the receptacle for ballot paper envelopes.
(2) The counting officer must place—
(a)in the postal ballot box, any ballot paper the number on which is the same as the number on the ballot paper envelope;
(b)in the receptacle for rejected votes, any other ballot paper which must be marked “provisionally rejected” and to which must be attached the ballot paper envelope; and
(c)in the receptacle for rejected ballot paper envelopes, any ballot paper envelope which must be marked “provisionally rejected” because it does not contain a ballot paper.
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