(1) The polling station commission shall seal the packages containing the ballot papers in the polling station after vote counting in such a way that ballot papers cannot be taken out of, or put into, them without damaging the packaging. The serial number of the polling district and the designation and number of ballot papers in the package shall be written on the package. The polling station commission members present shall certify the package by signing and stamping it.

(2) The sealed packages containing the ballot papers shall be locked in boxes. The boxes and the packages containing the ballot papers shall be allowed to be opened only for the purposes of legal remedy proceedings or the recounting of votes.