Where no objections are made and where the Electoral Commission in terms of the previous article of this Act so directs, the ballot box shall be opened and the number of ballot papers contained therein shall be counted, face downwards, to ascertain that the number of ballot papers in that ballot box corresponds to the ballot paper account:

Provided that where the Commission decides to use an Electronic Counting System the ballot box shall be opened and the ballot papers shall be placed faced downwards on the counting table. When all the ballot papers found in a ballot box have been placed faced downwards on the counting table, the supervisor shall place the ballot papers together in one parcel faced downwards and in a separate tray for each ballot box with the polling booth number and, where applicable, the division. The supervisor shall immediately place the tray on a rack in a place clearly visible to the counting agents. This process shall be repeated until all ballot boxes have been opened. The counting and tallying of the ballot papers shall be done in accordance to the rules stated in Thirteenth-A Schedule.