Section 49 in The Goa Panchayat and Zilla Panchayat (Election Procedure) Rules, 1996
49. Time and place of counting of Votes.
- The Commissioner shall at least 5 days before the date fixed for the poll, notify in the Official Gazette, the place or places where the counting of votes will be done and the date and time at which the counting will commence and copies of notice shall be published by affixing at the Village Panchayat Office, Office of the Chief Executive Officer, Office of the Mamlatdar and if necessary, at any other place in the Panchayat area/Zilla Panchayat and as the case may be appointed by the Director:Provided that if for any reason the Commissioner find it necessary so to do, he may alter the date, time and place or places so fixed, or any of them after notifying the same in the Official Gazette and copies of notices shall be affixed at the Village Panchayat Office, Office of the Chief Executive Officer or Office of the Mamlatdar and wide publicity may be given in local dailies.
