Clause 5

Section 42(2) of the principal Act is amended by deleting the words “be stamped on the back or perforated with the official mark” in the 4th and 5th lines and substituting the words “, unless it already bears the complete official mark for the authentication of ballot papers, be affixed, stamped or marked (by writing or otherwise) by the presiding officer in the approved manner with that official mark or the remaining part thereof”.