62. (1) Subject to the provisions of section 9 (2) and (3) and rules 28, 42, 60, 61, 64, 65, 66 and 72, the presiding officer shall deliver a ballot paper to a European elector who applies therefor and declares his or her name and address.

(2) Immediately before a ballot paper is delivered to a European elector—

(a) the number (including polling district letter) and name of the elector as stated in the register shall be called out,

(b) the ballot paper shall be marked with the official mark,

(c) a mark shall be placed in the register against the number of the elector to denote that a ballot paper has been issued to that elector but without showing the number of the ballot paper so issued.

(3) A European elector on receiving the ballot paper shall (subject to the provisions of rule 64) go alone into one of the compartments in the polling station and there shall secretly record his or her vote on the ballot paper and fold the paper so that the vote is concealed. The elector shall then return to the presiding officer ’ s table, show the back of the folded paper to the presiding officer so as to disclose the official mark and then put the folded paper into the ballot box. The elector shall vote without undue delay and shall leave the polling station as soon as he or she has put the ballot paper into the ballot box.