Forwarding of the Record of the Course and Results of the Voting to the Czech Statistical Office

(1) As soon as a record of the course and results of the voting in the election district is signed, the chairperson of the district election commission or another authorised member of the district election commission shall immediately hand one counterpart, together with the results of the voting, where applicable, on a data medium over to the Czech Statistical Office through its temporary office located within the premises of the designated local authority.

(2) As soon as a record of the course and results of the voting in a special election district is signed, the chairperson of the special district election commission or another authorised member of the special district election commission shall immediately hand one counterpart, together with the results of the voting, where applicable, on a data medium over to the Czech Statistical Office through its office located within the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

(3) If the forwarded record of the course and results of the voting contains errors and the chairperson of the district election commission or another authorised member of the district election commission is entitled to make changes in the record of the course and results of the voting, all such errors shall be corrected on the spot. If the chairperson of the district election commission or another authorised member of the district election commission is not entitled to make changes or if materials located at the polling station are necessary in order to correct such errors, the record of the course and results of the voting shall be rejected and an additional time limit for the correction of all errors and production of a new record of the course and results of the voting specified.

(4) If the forwarded record of the course and results of the voting in a special election district contains errors, it shall be rejected and an additional time limit for the correction of all errors and production of a new record of the course and results of the voting specified.

(5) After handing the record of the course and results of the voting over for further processing, the chairperson of the district election commission or special district election commission, or another authorised member of the district election commission or special district election commission, shall receive a written document in the form of a computer configuration confirming that the results of the voting in his/her election district or special election district have been forwarded for further processing without errors. The chairperson of the special district election commission or another authorised member of special district election commission shall receive the aforementioned document through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Czech Statistical Office shall also issue a directive stating that district election commission or special district election commission may end its session. The provisions of Article 52a shall remain unaffected.

(6) Should any district election commission or special district election commission fail to meet its obligations specified in Section 1 or Section 2 at the request of the Czech Statistical Office within 24 hours after starting to count the votes in compliance with Article 40, or within the time limit specified in Section 3 or 4 herein, such an election district or special election district may be disqualified and not included in overall voting results. After the expiration of the said period the voting results achieved in such election district or special election district shall be disregarded.

(7) All returned ballot tickets and official envelopes, excerpts from permanent and special lists, one counterpart of the record of the course and results of the voting, all submitted electoral cards, confirmation of the acceptance of the voting results for further processing and all reports on the inspections carried out by regional or designated local authorities shall be sealed by the district election commission or special district election commission and handed over, together with all other election-related documents, to the local authority for safekeeping or to the relevant embassy which will forward it to the District Authority of Prague 1 through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.