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Identification of electors and safeguards against impersonation.- (1) Every elector, on entering the polling station, shall allow his left fore-finger to be inspected by the Presiding Officer or Polling Officer and indelible ink mark to be put on it. if any elector refuses to allow his left fore-finger to be marked with indelible ink or already has mark on his left tore-finger or does anything to remove it, he shall not be supplied any ballot paper or allowed to vote. (2) Any reference in this rule to the left fore-finger or an elector in the case where the left forc-fingar of the doctor is missing, is to be construed as reference to any other finger of his left hand and shall in the case where the fingers of the left hand are missing, to be construed as a reference to the fore- finger or tiny other finger of his right hand and shall in the case, where all his fingers on both hands are missing be construed as a rference to such extremity of his left or right arm as he may possess. (3) For identification of the elector, the Presiding Officer or a Polling Officer may require the elector to produce his identity card before the delivery of a ballot paper to him, if identity cards have been issued to electors in that constituency.