Section 38 in The Goa Panchayat and Zilla Panchayat (Election Procedure) Rules, 1996
38. Spoiled Ballot Papers.
- An elector who has inadvertently dealt with his Ballot paper in such a manner that it cannot conveniently be used as such, may, on delivering it to the Presiding Officer and satisfying him of the inadvertence, obtain another Ballot paper in place of the spoilt Ballot paper and such spoilt Ballot paper shall be marked by the Presiding Officer as cancelled and kept in a separate cover.
