(1) Unauthorized occupation of the polling place shall be considered in the following cases:-
(a) If any person takes possession of the polling station by force or by intimidation or threat, and influences the counting of votes,
(b) If someone does not allow the election officer or employee engaged in the counting of votes to perform their duties by force or not, or takes away the ballot papers, ballot boxes, electronic equipment used for voting or other materials related to the counting of votes in his charge, or does any other similar act, the work of counting of votes is fair and If affected so as not to operate normally or independently, or
(c) If any person involved in the counting of votes commits an act as per Clause (a) or (b) or if he assists or gives permission to do such act.
(2) In case of unauthorized occupation of the counting place according to sub-section (1), the election officer shall immediately suspend the work of counting the votes and report the same to the Commission immediately.
(3) Upon receipt of the report as per sub-section (2), if the Commission deems that any investigation should be conducted in relation to such incident, the Commissioner or the monitoring team of the Commission may be appointed to conduct the investigation.
(4) On the basis of the report as per sub-section (2) or on the basis of the report of the commissioner or the monitoring team assigned to investigate as per sub-section (3), if the commission determines that such polling place has been occupied in an unauthorized manner as per sub-section (1), all the ballot papers of the polling center affected by such occupation shall be declared invalid. Will cancel the vote.
(5) In the polling station where the polling has been canceled by the commission according to sub-section (4), the election officer shall immediately publish the notice of the place, date and time of re-voting in the polling station.