(1) The polling station commission shall perform the counting of votes in accordance with the procedures laid down in Chapter IV of this Law.

(2) The polling station commission shall register the postal envelopes received and store them unopened until commencing the counting of votes. The polling station commission shall only commence opening and counting of the envelopes received by post after the voting has been completed in all polling stations established abroad.

(3) The ballot envelopes received by post shall be counted separately, preparing a separate vote counting report.

[9 March 2006; 23 September 2021]