1. Voting shall be by secret ballot.
2. Every Branch Association shall be an election centre, for the purpose of this election and only members of the respective Branch Association may vote at the said centre.
3. No member shall cast more than one vote for the election to each office.
4. The District Judge of the relevant Judicial District or in his absence any Additional District Judge or any Magistrate of such Judicial District or any person acting in such office at such time or if such Judicial Officers who are absent or unable to function for whatever reason any Attorney-at-Law appointed by the Returning Officer shall be responsible for the conduct of the election at their respective election centres and for the counting of the ballots cast at the said election. They shall be referred to hereafter as Presiding Officers. (Amended on 25.02.2017)
5. Polling on the Election Day shall be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
6. Each candidate shall be entitled to have an agent authorized by him in writing at each election centre during polling hours and such agent may take objection to any person seeking to cast a vote and such objection shall be recorded and determined by the Presiding Officer.
7. No ballot paper should be handed over to a voter after the polling has closed.