Canon 173. §1 Before an election begins, at least two scrutineers are to be appointed from among the college or group.

§2 The scrutineers are to collect the votes and, in the presence of the one who presides at the election, to check whether the number of votes corresponds to the number of electors; they are then to examine the votes and to announce how many each person has received.

§3 If the number of votes exceeds the number of electors, the act is null.

§4 All the proceedings of an election are to be accurately recorded by the one who acts as notary. They are to be signed at least by that notary, by the person who presides and by the scrutineers, and they are to be carefully preserved in the archive of the college.

§1. Antequam incipiat electio, deputentur e gremio collegii aut coetus duo saltem scrutatores.

§2. Scrutatores suffragia colligant et coram praeside electionis inspiciant an schedularum numerus respondeat numero electorum, suffragia ipsa scrutentur palamque faciant quot quisque rettulerit.

§3. Si numerus suffragiorum superet numerum eligentium, nihil est actum.

§4. Omnia electionis acta ab eo qui actuarii munere fungitur accurate describantur, et saltem ab eodem actuario, praeside ac scrutatoribus subscripta, in collegii tabulario diligenter asserventur.