(1) The returning officer must conduct a recount of the ballot-papers received in an election if a candidate asks the returning officer to do so at any time before a declaration is made under section 18.
(2) A request for a recount may be made orally or in writing.
(3) A returning officer is not required to conduct more than one recount.
(4) In conducting a recount in relation to an election, the returning officer:
(a) has the same powers in relation to the recount as the election officer had in relation to the counting of votes in the election; and
(b) may make any decision about the allowance and admission, or disallowance and rejection, of a ballot-paper that the election officer could have made in relation to the count.