(ii) a Branch Secretary also holds the office of General President or General Vice President he shall not have a vote as Branch Secretary but shall have one vote only as General President or General Vice President as the case may be. (c) The person presiding at any National Council meeting shall have one vote only, namely a deliberative vote and all questions where the voting is equal shall be decided in the negative. (d) Should any delegate at a meeting refuse or fail to exercise a vote his vote be recorded in the affirmative. 13 - ELECTIONS AND APPOINTMENT AND DUTIES OF GENERAL RETURNING OFFICER General Returning Officer (a) The National Council shall appoint a person not necessarily a member of the Union to be General Returning Officer for the Union. The General Returning Officer shall not be the holder of any office within or an employee of the Union. (b) Subject to section 210 of the Industrial Relations Act 1988, the duties of the General Returning Officer shall be to conduct in accordance with the Rules including the acceptance or the rejection of nominations any election, ballot or plebiscite of members required under the Rules or which he has been directed by National Council of the Union to conduct. (c) The General Returning Officer in the discharge of his duties must conform to the requirements of the Industrial Relations Act 1988 and the Regulations thereunder and shall conduct every election, ballot or plebiscite under a system of voting which provides for the secrecy of the ballot and makes adequate provision for absent voting. (d) The election shall be conducted under the "First past the post" voting system. The position of all candidates' names on the ballot paper shall be drawn for. (e) The following provisions shall also apply to the General Returning Officer and his duties: (1) The General Returning Officer have full control of the ballot and may appoint Deputy General Returning Officers in each Branch to assist him each of whom shall not be the holder of any office within, or an employee of, the Union. (2) (a) The Branch Secretary of each Branch shall forward to the General Returning Officer a roll or rolls of the Branch containing the names and addresses of each financial member of the as at seven days prior to the date determined for the opening of nominations and entitled to vote in accordance with the Rules of the Union. The General Returning Officer shall take such steps as he deems necessary to check the accuracy of such rolls.
(ii) a Branch Secretary also holds the office of General President or General Vice President he shall not have a vote as Branch Secretary but shall have one vote only as General President or General Vice President as the case may be. (c) The person presiding at any National Council meeting shall have one vote only, namely a deliberative vote and all questions where the voting is equal shall be decided in the negative. (d) Should any delegate at a meeting refuse or fail to exercise a vote his vote be recorded in the affirmative. 13 - ELECTIONS AND APPOINTMENT AND DUTIES OF GENERAL RETURNING OFFICER General Returning Officer (a) The National Council shall appoint a person not necessarily a member of the Union to be General Returning Officer for the Union. The General Returning Officer shall not be the holder of any office within or an employee of the Union. (b) Subject to section 210 of the Industrial Relations Act 1988, the duties of the General Returning Officer shall be to conduct in accordance with the Rules including the acceptance or the rejection of nominations any election, ballot or plebiscite of members required under the Rules or which he has been directed by National Council of the Union to conduct. (c) The General Returning Officer in the discharge of his duties must conform to the requirements of the Industrial Relations Act 1988 and the Regulations thereunder and shall conduct every election, ballot or plebiscite under a system of voting which provides for the secrecy of the ballot and makes adequate provision for absent voting. (d) The election shall be conducted under the "First past the post" voting system. The position of all candidates' names on the ballot paper shall be drawn for. (e) The following provisions shall also apply to the General Returning Officer and his duties: (1) The General Returning Officer have full control of the ballot and may appoint Deputy General Returning Officers in each Branch to assist him each of whom shall not be the holder of any office within, or an employee of, the Union. (2) (a) The Branch Secretary of each Branch shall forward to the General Returning Officer a roll or rolls of the Branch containing the names and addresses of each financial member of the as at seven days prior to the date determined for the opening of nominations and entitled to vote in accordance with the Rules of the Union. The General Returning Officer shall take such steps as he deems necessary to check the accuracy of such rolls.
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