Section 63: Rejection of Ballot Paper without Official Mark.

(1) Subject to subsection (2), a ballot paper which does not bear official mark prescribed by the Commission shall not be counted.
(2) If the returning officer is satisfied that a ballot paper which does not bear the official mark was from a book of ballot papers which was furnished to the presiding officer of the polling unit in which the vote was cast for use at the election in question, he or she shall, notwithstanding the absence of the official mark, count that ballot paper.