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31).      The ballot paper shall be signed by the Secretary General or an officer of the Chamber duly authorized by the Commission in this behalf and shall also be signed by the polling officer at the time when it is issued.

 

32).      The voter shall not be allowed to leave the booth after the ballot paper has been handed over to him until and unless he or she has inserted his / her ballot paper in the box placed before the presiding officer / polling officer and polling agents of the candidates.

 

33).      Adequate arrangements shall be made to maintain the secrecy of the polls.

 

34).      Proper account shall be maintained by a designated officer in respect of ballot papers including used, unused, tendered, challenged or stray ballot papers.

 

35).      The challenged votes shall be kept in a separate sealed envelope duly signed and sealed by the polling officer.

 

36).      The Commission or an officer designated by the Commission shall decide about the challenged votes after verification of necessary information from the member firm, company or concern before the official announcement of the results.

 

CONDUCT OF POLLING

 

37).      The returning officer as appointed shall be incharge of all arrangements connected with such elections, including counting of votes and announcement of results.

 

 

            COUNTING OF VOTES

 

38).      Counting of votes shall take place immediately after the polling hours under the supervision of Returning officer in the presence of polling agents of the candidates, if any, at the designated sites.

 

            PROVISIONAL RESULTS

 

39).      Provisional results may be declared by the returning officer immediately after the counting votes is completed.

 

INSPECTION OF RECORD OF ELECTIONS

 

40).      The record of elections shall be open to inspection by the Members upon an application made to the Returning Officer or his nominee in this behalf within seven days of the date of polling.

 

EQUALITY OF VOTES

 

41).      In the event of Equality of votes between two or more candidates a lot shall be drawn by the returning officer in the presence of candidates or their authorized representatives / polling agents of such candidates and a record of the result thereof shall be made.

 

            ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS

 

42).      The final result of elections shall be announced at the Annual General Meeting of the Chamber.  Called for this purpose within fifteen days of the date of polling, but not later then 30th of September of the year, which shall be the material date for the purposes of paragraph (iii) of clause (f) of sub-Section (2) of Section 14 of the Trade Ordinance.

 

43).      The final election result announced at the General Meeting shall be displayed at:

 

(a).       The Notice Board of the Chamber within two days; and

           

            (b).      Displayed at the website of the Chamber within two days; and

 

            (c).       Submitted to the Director General within 7 days.

 

REGISTER OF MEMBERS

44).     (a).       A register of members in the form specified in Annex-I of Schedule–A of the Trade Rules, shall be maintained at the Registered Office of the Chamber in which shall be set forth the names, addresses and other particulars of all the members, for the time being, and in which shall be recorded all changes in membership.

 

(b).      Every member shall have the right to have the name of his / its representative changed from time to time provided that no such change shall be effected during the period from the date on which the final list of members and their representative has been circulated for the purpose of the elections of the Chamber until after the holding of the elections.

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