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At every election where a poll is taken, votes shall be counted by, or under the supervision of the Returning Officer, and each candidate, his election agent and his counting agent, shall have a right to be present at the time of counting. 125[63A. (1) If any time before the counting of votes is completed any ballot papers used at a polling station are unlawfully taken out of the custody of the returning officer or are accidentally or intentionally destroyed or lost or are damaged or tampered with, to such an extent that the result of the poll at that polling station cannot be ascertained, the returning officer shall forthwith report the matter to the State Election Commission.