Re-count

(1) Any candidate or his agent may at any time during the counting of the votes request the Returning Officer to re-count or again re-count all or any of the ballot papers or to re-check or again re-check any figures recorded by the counting clerks or the Returning Officer, but the Returning Officer may refuse to do so if in his opinion the request is unreasonable. (2) The Returning Officer may also at his discretion himself re-count, or direct the re-count of votes either once or more often in any case in which he is not satisfied as to the accuracy of any previous count, or may himself re-check, or direct the re-checking of, any figures recorded by the counting clerks or by himself in any case in which he is not satisfied as to the accuracy of such figures: Provided that nothing herein shall make it obligatory for the Returning Officer to count or cause to be re-counted the same votes more than once or to re-check or cause to be re-checked the same figure more than once. (3) If upon an election petition– (a) any ballot papers rejected by the Returning Officer are declared valid; (b) any ballot papers rejected in part by the Returning Officer are declared valid as to the part rejected in part or invalid as to the part accepted; (c) any ballot papers counted are rejected as invalid either in whole or in part, Belize City Council 59 the Court may direct the whole or any part of the ballot papers to be re-counted and the result of the election ascertained in accordance with these Regulations.