31. As soon as the candidates are declared elected, the secretary shall deposit in separate envelopes, ballot papers that are held to be valid, ballot papers that are rejected and those that are unused and all the envelopes, including those that are rejected in accordance with this Regulation.
The secretary shall then seal the envelopes. The secretary and the scrutineers shall initial the seals.
The envelopes shall be kept for 1 year, after which the secretary may dispose of them.