79. (1) On the day and commencing at the time appointed by the Minister under section 10 and at the place appointed under rule 77 , the returning officer for the constituency shall, in the presence of the agents of the candidates, open the ballot boxes and the packets contained therein and extract the ballot papers therefrom.

(2) The returning officer shall mix together the whole of the ballot papers and shall proceed to count the votes in accordance with this Schedule.