Section 17 in Bihar State Board of Homeopathic Medicine (Electoral Rolls and the Conduct of Elections and Election Petition) Rules, 1955
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The packets of ballot papers and of the counterfoils thereof shall not be opened, and their contents shall not be inspected except under the order of the State Government to be granted only on its being satisfied by affidavit or otherwise that the inspection of the ballot papers or counterfoils is necessary for the purpose of a petition questioning the validity of an election and such order may be made subject to such conditions as to the person, time, place and mode of opening and inspection as the State Government may think expedient.
