Directions for guidance of electors

For the guidance of electors when voting, notices shall be printed in conspicuous characters and placard outside the polling station and in every compartment of the polling station in the following form, and these directions shall have the force of law75 (i) Each voter may vote only at one polling station and may vote for as many candidates as he chooses up to a number not exceeding the number of candidates to be elected. (ii) The voter shall go into one of the compartments and mark a cross on the right-hand side of the ballot paper given to him by the presiding officer opposite the name of each candidate for whom he wishes to vote. (iii) The voter shall then fold up his ballot paper so as to conceal the vote, but so as to show the official mark on the back, show the presiding officer the official mark, then put his ballot paper in the ballot box and leave the room. (iv) If the voter inadvertently spoils a ballot paper, he may return it to the presiding officer, who shall, if satisfied of such inadvertence, give him another paper. (v) If the voter votes for more candidates than there are seats to be filled or places any mark on the paper by which he may be afterwards identified, his ballot paper shall be void and shall not be