27. ¹[ (1) The following person may cast their votes by postal ballot in such manner as may be prescribed, namely:¬-

(a) a person referred to in sub-sections (3) and (5) of section 8 of the Electoral Rolls Act, 2009 (২০০৯ সনের ৬ নং আইন);

(b) a person appointed for the performance of any duty in connection with an election at a polling station other than the one at which he is entitled to cast his vote; and

(c) a Bangladeshi voter living abroad.]

(2) An elector who, being entitled to do so, intends to cast his vote by postal ballot shall-

(a) in the case of a person referred to in sub clause (a) ²[ and (c)] of clause (1), within fifteen days from the date of the publication of the notification under Article 11, and

(b) in the case of a person referred to in sub clause (b) of that clause as soon as may be after his appointment,

apply to the Returning Officer of the constituency in which he is an elector for a ballot paper for voting by postal ballot; and every such application shall specify the name of the elector, his address and his serial number in the electoral roll.

(3) The Returning Officer shall immediately upon the receipt of an application by an elector under clause (2) sent by post to such elector a ballot paper and an envelope bearing on its face a form of certificate of posting, showing the date thereof, to be filled in by the proper official of the Post Office at the time of posting by the elector.

(4) An elector on receiving his ballot paper for voting by postal ballot shall in the prescribed manner record his vote and after so recording post the ballot paper to the Returning Officer in the envelope sent to him under clause (3) with minimum of delay.