15. The Second Schedule to the principal enactment is hereby amended by the insertion, immediately after para graph 16 of that Schedule of the following paragraph :
| 16A. The certifying officer shall notify to the secretary of each recognized political party or its authorized agent and to the group leader of each independent group, the date on, and the place at, which he intends to hold the poll by officers and servants of the office: unit or establishment in relation to which he is the certifying officer, being officers and servants who are treated as postal voters under this Act. |
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| (2) The secretary of a recognized political party or its authorized agent or any group leader notified under subsection (1) may appoint such number of polling agents not exceeding two to attend at the poll, having regard to the need to revoke the appointment of any polling agent during the poll. Notice in writing of every such appointment stating the names, numbers of the national or other identity cards issued by a government department or public corporation and addresses of the persons appointed, shall be given by such secretary or authorised agent or group leader to the certifying officer before the opening of the poll or during the poll. |
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| (3) Where such secretary, authorized agent or group leader after informing such certifying officer of the name of any polling agent appointed to attend at such poll, revokes the appointment of that polling agent and appoints another polling agent to attend at such poll, such secretary, authorized agent, or group leader, as the case may be, shall inform such officer in writing of the revocation of such appointment and of the name, the number of the national or other identity card issued by a government department or public corporation and address of the new polling agent appointed to attend, at such poll. |
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| (4) No polling agent whose name has not been notified to the certifying officer as required by subsection (2) or subsection (3) shall be admitted to attend at a poll held at such office, unit or establishment.". |
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