Appointment of returning officers

(1) The Elections and Boundaries Commission shall appoint returning officers for each electoral division or area where the referendum is to be held. (2) Subject to the directions of the Chief Elections Officer, it shall be the duty of the returning officer within his electoral division or area to do all things as may be necessary for effectually conducting the referendum and the counting of the votes cast. (3) The returning officer shall not declare the results of the ballot in his electoral division or area, but shall certify to the Chief Elections Officer– (a) the total number of ballot papers counted; and (b) the number of votes cast for and against the proposition in his electoral division or area; and the Chief Elections Officer shall issue a certificate stating the results of the referendum in the entire country or part as the case may be. 8