Officer may give copy thereof on request.

Fresh poll in cash of destruction of Ballot Boxes:- (1) If at an election any ballot-box or boxes is

or are unlawfully taken out of the custody of the Presiding Officer or is or are in any way tampered with, or is or are either accidentally or intentionally destroyed or lost, the election in respect of polling station to which the ballot-box or boxes relate may be declare void by the Election Commission. (2)Whenever the polling at any polling station is liable to be declared void under sub rule (1), the Presiding Officer shall, as soon as practicable, after the act or event causing such contingency has come to his knowledge, report the matter to the Returning Officer at once and Returning Officer shall further inform the Election Commission who shall, after holding such enquiry as he may deem necessary, declare such polling to be void and shall appoint a day for the taking of a fresh poll, in such polling station or stations, as the case may be, and fix the hours during which the poll shall be taken; and the votes cast earlier during the said election shall not be counted. (3)All the relevant provisions of the rules shall apply to every such fresh polls as they apply to the original poll.