Items used in the general count

1 - The general count shall be conducted on the basis of the minutes of the polling station operations, the electoral roll books and other documents accompanying them.
2 - If the items from any polling station are missing, the count shall begin on the basis of the items that have already been received, and the president shall schedule a new session for within the next forty-eight hours for the purpose of concluding the work, and in the meantime shall take the necessary steps to redress the shortcoming.
3 - In the Azores and Madeira Autonomous Regions the general count may be based on telegraphic correspondence transmitted by the mayors or the chairmen of the municipal administrative committees.