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| (1) The Commissioner shall, from time to time, by notice in the Gazette appoint by name or by office a person to be the returning officer of each Development Council area, and may appoint by name or by office one or more persons to assist the returning officer in the performance of his duties. A person so appointed to assist any returning officer shall have all the powers and may perform all the duties of the officer whom he is appointed to assist, and any reference in this Act to a returning officer shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be deemed to include a reference to an assistant returning officer. An appointment made by the Commissioner under this subsection may be revoked by him at any time. |
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| (2) If any returning officer is by reason of illness or other cause prevented or disabled from performing any of his duties under this Act and there is not time for another person to foe appointed by the Commissioner, the returning officer may appoint by name or by office, a deputy to act for him. Every such appointment shall as soon as possible be reported to the Commissioner and may be revoked by him, but without prejudice to the validity of anything already done by such deputy. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts