(1) The National Election Office shall sort by parliamentary single-member constituency the sealed envelopes found in ballot boxes received from diplomatic missions and the sealed envelopes containing the votes of voters who requested absentee voting, and place them in sealed packages on which the number of envelopes in the package concerned shall be indicated. The National Election Office shall record the number of envelopes in a package in separate minutes, a copy of which shall be placed in the package, and the package shall be sealed. The president of the National Election Office shall authenticate the package by signing and stamping it.

(2) The National Election Office shall hand over the package to the head of the parliamentary single-member constituency election office or a member delegated by him.