299.1. Once the polling stations are closed, the presidents of the same, under their responsibility, will deliver the packages and the files of the polling stations to the corresponding district council within the following periods, counted from the time of closure:

a) Immediately in case of polling stations located in the capital of the district;

b) Within 12 hours in the case of urban polling stations located outside of the district capital, and

c) Within 24 hours in the case of rural polling stations.

299.2. The district councils, prior to Election Day, may determine the extension of the previous periods for those polling stations that justify it.

299.3. The district councils will, prior to Election Day, adopt the measures necessary to ensure that the packages with the files of the elections will be delivered within the established time limits and that they can be received in a simultaneously way.

299.4. The district councils may agree to establish a mechanism for the collection of the documentation of the polling stations when necessary in the terms of this Law. The above shall be done under the supervision of the political parties that wish do so.

299.5. It will be considered that there is just cause for the packages with the files of the polling stations to be delivered to the district council after the established time limits when there is a fortuitous event or force majeure.

299.6. The district council will record in the minutes of receipt of the packages referred to in article 304 of this Law, the causes that are invoked for the delay in the delivery of the packages.