Section 71: Printing of ballot papers

71. Printing of ballot papers.— (1) The Commission shall, pursuant to the finalization of the list of the polling stations, determine the constituency-wise requirement of ballot papers based on the formula that the number of ballot papers per polling station shall be rounded off to the next hundred. Explanation.― “Rounding off to the next hundred” means that if the total strength of voters at a polling station is 1201 to 1299 the requirement of ballot papers for that polling station would be 1300. (2) The Commission shall ensure that the total requirement of ballot papers for the general elections are printed by the printing presses of the Printing Corporation of Pakistan or such other press which is owned and operated by any authority under the control of the Federal or a Provincial Government as may be notified by the Commission for the purpose. (3) The Commission shall ensure that adequate arrangements are made for the security of the presses during the printing of the ballot papers and for the safe custody of the printed ballot papers till delivery to the Returning Officer. (4) The Commission shall use special water-marked paper for printing of ballot papers.

Effective date: 2017-10-02

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