(Opening of Ballot Boxes)

(1) When ballot boxes are opened, the chairman of the Gu/Si/Gun election commission shall open those ballot boxes after checking the closing and sealing of the ballot boxes in the presence of ballot-counting witnesses: Provided, That in case where any ballot-counting witness refuses to witness the ballot counting without any justifiable grounds, the chairman of the Gu/Si/Gun election commission shall enter the unjustifiable grounds in the ballot counting record after judging that he/she renounces his/her authority to witness the ballot counting.

<Amended by Act No. 7681, Aug. 4, 2005>

(2) The chairman of the Gu/Si/Gun election commission shall count the number of votes after opening the ballot box, and check it with the number of issued ballot papers entered in the voting record. In this case, if any of the members delays the ballot-counting affairs without any justifiable reason, he/she shall be considered to have given up his/her competence and the fact thereof shall be entered in the ballot-counting record.