6. General
(a) A ballot paper shall be rejected by the returning officer, if,-
(i) it bears any mark or writing by which the member who voted can be identified; or
(ii) it does not bear the seal of the society or the initial of the returning officer; or
(iii) the mark indicating the vote thereon is placed in such a manner as to make it doubtful to which candidate the vote has been cast; or
(iv) is so damaged or mutilated that its identity as a genuine ballot paper cannot be established.
(b) If after the counting of the votes is completed, an equality of votes is found to exist between any candidates and the addition of one vote will entail any of those candidates to be declared elected, the returning officer shall forthwith decide between these candidates by lot and proceed as if the candidate on whom the lot falls had received an additional vote and declare him elected.
(c) After the returning officer has completed the counting of votes, he shall prepare a return of the results of the polling and shall forthwith declare the results. The returning officer shall immediately thereafter record the proceedings of the election in a comprehensive report which shall form part of the records of the society and shall be binding on all. The returning officer shall immediately also furnish a copy of such a report together with a copy of the return of the results of polling, to the society for onward transmission to the Central Registrar. The society shall immediately forward such report and return of the results furnished by the returning officer to the Central Registrar.