41.—(1) Any ballot paper—
(a)on which votes are given for more than one candidate, or
(b)on which anything is written or marked by which the voter can be identified except the printed number on the back, or
(c)which is unmarked or void for uncertainty,
shall, subject to paragraph (2), be void and not counted.
(2) A ballot paper on which the vote is marked—
(a)elsewhere than in the proper place, or
(b)otherwise than by means of a cross, or
(c)by more than one mark,
shall not for such reason be void if an intention that the vote shall be for one only of the candidates clearly appears, and the way the paper is marked does not itself identify the voter and it is not shown that he can be identified by it.
(3) The CRO shall endorse the word “rejected” on any ballot paper which under this rule is not to be counted, and shall add to the endorsement the words “rejection objected to” if any objection to his decison is made by a counting agent.
(4) The CRO shall draw up a statement showing the number of ballot papers rejected under the several heads of—
(a)voting for more than one candidate;
(b)writing or mark by which the voter could be identified;
(c)unmarked or void for uncertainty.