Local Authorities Elections (Amendment) Act 2012 · As enacted
39. Replacement of section 59A of the principal enactment
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
Section 59A of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor :—
59A. (1) The counting of votes in each polling station shall take place at each such polling station.
The senior presiding officer of each polling station or where there is only one presiding officer, such presiding officer shall function as the counting officer of that station and the staff at that polling station shall function as the counting staff.
Subject to the general or special directions of the Commissioner, each returning officer of an electoral area shall appoint one of the senior presiding officers appointed under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 40, or where only a single presiding officer is appointed, such presiding officer, to be the chief counting officer for each ward of that electoral area. The returning officer may at the same time appoint such number of assistants and clerks and other officers as he may consider necessary to assist the counting officer and the
"Counting of votes.
chief counting officer, as the case may be, in the performance of their duties.”.
Where there are any objections from the authorized agents relating to the functioning of any person as a counting officer of any polling station, the Commissioner of Elections may on being satisfied of the circumstances appoint any other senior presiding officer to function as a counting officer in the place of the first mentioned person.".