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[342] The scrutiny process was conducted under the supervision of the
Registrar of this Court and a report filed. The report was endorsed by the
petitioners and all the respondents as being a fairly accurate reflection of
what the partial scrutiny had unearthed.
[343]
According to the report, the process started with the Registrar
counting to ascertain the number of Forms delivered by the 1st respondent.
We note as per the Registrar��s count, that the 1st respondent availed to her
the following: 1 Form 34C, 291 Forms 34B, and 41,451 Forms 34As. The
Registrar also made the following observations:
(a) Certain forms 34As appeared to have been duplicated;
(b) Certain forms 34As and 34Bs appeared to be carbon
copies;
(c) Certain
forms
34As
and
34Bs
appeared
to
be
photocopies;
(d) Some of the forms had no evidence of being stamped or
signed.
[344] The report nonetheless states that the petitioners chose to focus on
distinguishing the genuine from the fake forms by checking whether the
forms contained the following security features namely: the presence of a
watermark using the UV reader; colour of the forms; serialization;
Microtext; X10 magnification; Column for comments on the form; Format
of the forms; and Anti-copy. The petitioners resorted to the use of a UV
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