12. The first scrutiny shall be made in the following manner:
(i.) The total number of voting-papers given for each candidate shall be counted in the order in which they are arranged, and shall be recorded; and every candidate whose voting-papers equal or exceed the quota shall be declared elected;
(ii.) When a candidate is declared elected, his voting-papers shall be dealt with as follows:
(a.) His voting-papers used in making up his quota shall be set aside as exhausted;
(b.) His voting-papers counted after his quota was reached shall be deemed to be unused;
(iii.) An unused voting-paper of an elected candidate shall be transferred to and be deemed to have been given for the unelected candidate (if any) first designated thereon, and shall be counted to him after and in addition to the voting-papers (if any) originally given for him; and any candidate whose voting-papers are by this means raised to the quota shall be declared elected, and his voting-papers shall be dealt with as voting-papers of an elected candidate.
The unused voting-papers transferred to a candidate may be counted to him in any order in which they happen to be taken.
13. A second or other scrutiny shall (if necessary) be made in the following manner:
(i.) The lowest candidate on the preceding scrutiny shall be excluded and declared not elected; and, if there still remain more candidates than vacancies, all the voting-papers of the excluded candidate shall be deemed to be unused, and shall, with the unused voting-papers (if any) remaining from the preceding scrutiny, be respectively transferred to and counted for the first of the remaining candidates (if any) designated thereon, and any candidate so obtaining the quota shall be declared elected, and his voting-papers shall be dealt with as voting-papers of an elected candidate;
(ii.) The same process of excluding the lowest candidate on the preceding scrutiny, and of transferring unused voting-papers, shall be repeated so often as may be necessary until all the vacancies are filled by the election of candidates obtaining the quota of voting-papers, or there remain no more candidates than vacancies;
(iii.) When there remain no more candidates than vacancies, all the remaining candidates shall be declared elected, whether they have obtained the quota or not;
(iv.) In case two or more candidates have equal numbers of voting-papers in a scrutiny, that one of them shall be deemed to be the lowest who had the fewest votes on the first scrutiny, and if they are still equal the returning officer shall have a casting vote or votes."
