In exceptional cases, we will have to take appropriate measures. The recommendation is intended to give the returning officer a certain amount of discretion so that, depending on the nature of the riding, he can ask that the ballot boxes be returned to a central location. He needs that discretion because of geography in the different locations.
Under this recommendation, the returning officer would also be authorized, in special circumstances and if he deems it appropriate, to order staff that have custody of the ballot boxes to return them and make that material available to the RO.