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Destruction etc. of ballot boxes or ballot papers.
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109.—If at a Dáil election any ballot boxes or ballot papers are, without lawful authority, taken out of the custody of the returning officer or of a presiding officer or are in any way tampered with or are destroyed or (in the case of ballot papers) are maliciously torn or defaced the following provisions shall have effect:
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(a) the poll at every polling station at which any of the said ballot boxes or ballot papers were used shall be void,
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(b) the returning officer shall forthwith inform the Minister of the polling having so become void,
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(c) upon receipt of that information, the Minister shall forthwith take all such steps and give all such directions as he thinks proper for the taking of a fresh poll at every such polling station,
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(d) a fresh poll shall be taken at every such polling station on a day appointed for this purpose by the Minister,
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(e) the provisions of this Act shall apply in respect of such fresh poll in like manner as they apply to the original poll,
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(f) the returning officer shall not open any of the ballot boxes used in the constituency until the fresh poll has been completed.
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