(2) The counting officers shall scrutinize the ballot papers and set aside all ballot papers which, in their opinion, are such as are described in section 63(3) of the Act for the decision of the presiding officer in terms of that subsection. (3) The counting officers shall set aside in a separate pile or bundle those ballot papers which do not bear the official mark of a presiding officer so that the presiding officer may determine, after the number of votes cast at the election has been ascertained, whether such ballot papers should not be rejected by virtue of section 63(5) of the Act. (4) When the scrutiny of the ballot papers is completed, the presiding officer, with the assistance of the counting officers, shall then ascertain the result of the poll by counting the votes. (5) The presiding officer shall adopt such means as to him or her seem best suited for dealing with the counting of the votes, and shall direct that every pile or bundle of ballot papers made up by any counting officer shall be handed to another counting officer or to himself or herself, but to no other person, to be checked in order to ensure that every such pile or bundle comprises no more and no less than the number of ballot papers stated to be comprised therein by the first counting officer. (6) The presiding officer shall record the details of the counting on a polling station-return as shown on form V.11. No person to notify results before polling-station return has been affixed outside the polling station 9. No person in attendance at the counting of the votes shall, before the result of the poll is recorded on the polling-station return and such polling-station return has been affixed outside the polling station by the presiding officer in accordance with section 64(2) of the Act, communicate to any person outside the place where the votes are being counted any information relating to the results of the count or to the number of votes given to any particular candidate at that polling station. Collation of polling-station returns and aggregation of ordinary postal ballots 10. At the time and place notified by the constituency elections officer under section 65(1)of the Act, the constituency elections officer shall— (a) verify the receipt of the polling-station returns by filling in the appropriate spaces provided at the top of form V.23; and (b) verify the postal ballots by completing Part A of form V.24; and (c) add together the number of votes received by each candidate as shown in each pollingstation return by filling in the appropriate spaces provided in form V.23; and (d) unseal the postal ballot box and, having counted the postal ballot papers contained therein, record the results of the counting by completing Part B of form V.24; and (e) add together the number of votes received by each candidate as recorded under paragraphs (c) and (d) and fill the appropriate spaces provided at the bottom of form V.23. -5-