Until the expiry of the period for lodging an appeal or, where an appeal has been lodged, until the court decision has become final, the media files including the copy of the source programmes and executable programmes, the voting materials, the count, results and back-up files are kept under seal, under the supervision of the Minister for Labour and the Voting Operations Committee. If necessary, the vote counting procedure may be repeated.
On expiry of the appeal period or, where legal action has been taken, after a court decision has become final, the support files are destroyed, under the supervision of the Minister for Labour and the Voting Operations Committee.