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Section 51
 

(1)     The local authority of the municipality shall provide the requisite ballot boxes.


 
(2)     The ballot box must be fitted with a lid. The inner height of the box should as a rule be 90 cm, the wall-to-wall distance at least 35 cm. The lid of the ballot box must have a slot no more than 2 cm in width. The ballot box must be lockable.


 
(3)     Smaller ballot boxes may be used for voting in special polling districts and before a Mobile Electoral Board.