(1)On receiving the identification envelopes the Returning Officer shall divide them into separate batches according to the different electorates concerned and shall examine the envelopes in each batch separately as regards the completeness or otherwise of the particulars required to be entered thereon, and shall record his decision "rejected" on any identification envelopes which are incomplete in any requisite entry, mark thereon the incompleteness of entry and place them in safe custody for inspection at the counting of votes. The distinction of divided batches shall be maintained throughout the entire process of counting of votes.(2)The Returning Officer shall place the identification envelopes which are complete in requisite entries and which he provisionally accepts as containing valid voting papers without opening them in a separate ballot-box for each electorate.
