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Article 47
 

(1) The polling station commission shall count votes in accordance with the procedure set by Chapter IV of this Law.


(2) The polling station commission shall open only those mailing envelopes which have been received by the time the counting of votes started at the relevant polling station. The valid ballot envelopes shall be kept unopened until the opening of the ballot boxes.


(3) When the polling station commission has opened the ballot box and has grouped the valid ballot envelopes, then before opening them, it shall add to them the ballot envelopes received by mail.


(As amended by the 9 March 2006 Law)