ELECTORAL ACT ____________________________________________________________________________________ (5) Section 63 shall apply, with any necessary changes, to the counting of the postal votes in terms of subsection (4)(b). (6) The ward elections officer shall— (a) provide a copy of the completed ward return to every candidate, election agent and observer who requests one; and (b) ensure that a copy of the ward return is displayed prominently outside the ward centre so that all members of the public who wish to do so may inspect it and record its contents. (7) Immediately after causing a copy of the ward return to be displayed outside the ward centre, the ward elections officer shall cause the return, certified by himself or herself to be correct, to be transmitted to the constituency centre for the constituency in which the ward is situated. [Section substituted by s. 30 of Act No. 6 of 2014] 65A Procedure on receipt of ward returns at constituency centre (1) Either before, or as soon as possible after, receiving ward returns transmitted in terms of section 65, a constituency elections officer shall give reasonable notice in writing to— (a) each candidate or his or her chief election agent; and (b) each political party whose party-list candidates are contesting the election in the constituency; and (c) such observers as can readily be contacted; of the time when the constituency elections officer will verify and collate the ward returns at the constituency centre and declare the results of the constituency election. (2) At the time notified in terms of subsection (1) and in the presence of such candidates, election agents and observers as are present, the constituency elections officer shall— (a) display each ward return to those present; and (b) verify each ward return by ensuring that it purports to be duly certified by the ward elections officer concerned; and (c) on request, allow any candidate, election agent or observer to make notes of the contents of any ward return. (3) When the constituency elections officer has displayed and verified the ward returns in terms of subsection (2), he or she shall add together the number of votes received by each candidate as shown in each ward return and— (a) record the totals on a constituency return; and (b) in terms of section 66, declare the result of the election in the constituency. (4) The constituency elections officer shall— (a) provide a copy of the completed constituency return to every candidate, election agent and observer who requests one; and (b) ensure that a copy of the constituency return is displayed prominently outside the constituency centre so that all members of the public who wish to do so may inspect it and record its contents. (5) Immediately after causing a copy of the constituency return to be displayed outside the constituency centre, the constituency elections officer shall cause the return, certified by himself or herself to be correct, to be transmitted to the provincial command centre for the province in which the constituency is situated. [Section inserted by s. 22 of Act No. 3 of 2012 and substituted by s. 30 of Act No. 6 of 2014] 65B Procedure on receipt of constituency returns at provincial command centre (1) Either before, or as soon as possible after, receiving constituency returns transmitted in terms of section 65A, a provincial elections officer shall give reasonable notice in writing to— 84