101. (1) Closing down of the voting at the polling station, the preliminary and final counting of votes and reporting to the Minister for Social Welfare on the vote shall take place in accordance with the rules of Part 9 regarding general elections, subject to the modifications implied by the character of the vote, cf. however subsection (2).
(2) A ballot paper, including an advance ballot paper, shall be invalid if-:
(i) it is blank;
(ii) it is not crossed in accordance with section 99(2);
(iii) the ballot paper is assumed not to have been handed out at the polling station;
(iv) the advance ballot paper is assumed not to have been procured by the Minister for Social Welfare;
(v) an advance voting envelope contains something else or more than one ballot paper; or,
(vi) the ballot paper has been given a special mark of identification.
(3) Following presentation to the Parliamentary Scrutinizers’ Committee, the Minister for
Social Welfare may lay down detailed rules for the assessment of ballot papers.
