The casting of votes shall be secret.

If the polling board has not organised the layout of the polling station in a manner which ensures the secrecy of the ballot (polling booth with privacy panels), the polling board shall be dissolved, and voting shall be repeated in that polling station.

Voters shall fill in ballot papers exclusively in the area designated for that purpose (polling booth with privacy panels), so that no one can see how they voted.

If the voter breaches the secrecy of the ballot by voting publicly, outside the area designated for voting, or if he, after voting in the area designated for voting, publicly displays his ballot paper to the poling board so that they can see how he voted, on the basis of a prior polling board decision, the polling board presiding officer shall, in the presence of the polling board, detach the counterfoil and make such ballot paper invalid by crossing it over, placing it in a special envelope and inserting it into the ballot box in lieu of the voter.

The manner of voting referred to in para.4 of this Article shall be entered into the record by the polling board presiding officer.

More detailed instructions concerning the measures to ensure the secrecy of the ballot shall be laid down by the State Election Commission.