Section 8 in The Orissa Medical Registration Rules, 1965
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(1)The Returning Officer shall attend for the purpose of scrutiny and counting of votes on the date and at the time and place notified under Clause (c) of Sub-rule (5) of Rule 5 and on any such subsequent date, or dates as may be necessary to complete the scrutiny and counting.(2)A candidate may be present in person or may send a representative, duly authorised by him in writing, to watch the process of scrutiny and counting.(3)The Returning Officer shall show all identification envelopes, whether accepted or rejected, to the candidates or their representatives for examination of the propriety of their acceptance or rejection. Any objection taken to his decision of acceptance or rejection of any identification envelope, shall be decided at once by the Returning Officer, and his decision shall be final.(4)The rejected identification envelopes shall be placed in separate bundles for the two electorates, namely, the electorate under Clause (b) of Sub-section (1) of Section 4 and the electorate under Clause (c) of that subsection. The bundles shall then be sealed and kept in safe custody under Rule 10.(5)The accepted identification envelopes shall be opened in the presence of the candidates or their representatives if any appearing under Sub-rule (2), and the voting papers separated from the covers which will be kept aside from view.(6)As the voting papers are separated from the envelopes, the Returning Officer shall proceed to examine the voting papers in convenient batches, to see whether the votes have been recorded in accordance with Sub-rules (6) to (10) of Rule 7. He shall record his decision 'rejected' on every voting paper which is found to be defective in any respect and indicate thereon, the grounds of rejection briefly. The remaining voting papers shall be deemed as accepted.(7)If any objection is taken to his decision of acceptance or rejection of any voting paper, such objection shall be decided by the Returning Officer at once and his decision shall be final.(8)The Returning Officer shall separate or cause to be separated the accepted papers from those that have been rejected and keep them in separate bundles.Declaration of the names of candidates elected
