(1) The authority responsible for the receipt of postal ballot return letters (section 66  subsection (2)) collects the postal ballot return letters and keeps them under lock and key  unopened. It marks the date and time of receipt on each postal ballot return letter received  on election day after the end of polling hours, and the date of receipt only on postal ballot  return letters that are received from the day after election day onwards.

(2) (Repealed)

(3) The responsible authority, which, in cases where a Postal Ballot Board is established  for more than one municipality pursuant to section 7 subsection (3), is the municipal  authority charged with conducting the postal ballot, distributes the postal ballot return  letters to the various Postal Ballot Boards, hands over to each Postal Ballot Board the  register of polling cards declared invalid, the addenda to that register or a notice that no polling cards have been declared invalid (section 28 subsection (9)), ensures the provision  and equipment of the polling station, and provides the Postal Ballot Board with any  auxiliary staff it requires.

(4) If a Postal Ballot Board has been established for more than one municipality, the  municipal authorities must forward to the municipal authority charged with conducting the  postal ballot, by 12 noon on election day, all the postal ballot return letters they received  up until or on the day before the election, and, by the quickest means available after the  end of polling hours, all other postal ballot return letters they received before the end of  polling hours.

(5) Postal ballot return letters arriving late are collected by the authority responsible,  marked as prescribed in subsection (1) and packaged unopened. The authority  responsible seals the parcel, labels it with a description of its contents and stores it until  authorisation is issued for the destruction of the postal ballot return letters (section 90). It  must ensure that the parcel is not accessible to unauthorised persons.