Section 43(1) in Assam Panchayat (Constitution) Rules, 1995
(1)The Presiding Officer shall, at the close of the poll, satisfy himself in the presence of the candidates or their polling Agents, if any that the seals affixed to the ballot boxes are intact. He shall then close the slit used for insertion of ballot papers in each ballot box by pasting a piece of paper in the slit and tying up the ballot box with a string to the slit and secure in such a manner that it shall not be possible to open the slit without tampering the piece of paper or breaking the seal. The Presiding Officer shall duly sign such paper and shall allow the candidates or their appointed Agents, as the case may be, to put their signature thereon.
