48. Section 40 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows: -
| (1) by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection:-
| | '(1) For the purposes of each election for any electoral area, the returning officer of that electoral area shall appoint one or more persons (hereinafter referred to as presiding officers '') to preside at each polling station in his electoral area. Where more than one presiding officer Is appointed to any; one polling station, the returning officer shall declare which one of them Is to be the senior presiding officer, and the senior presiding office shall exercise general supervision over every other presiding officer, and over all arrangements for the conduct of the poll In that election.'; and | | |
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| (2) by the repeal of subsection (3) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection: -
| | " (3) The returning officer may, if he thinks fit, preside at any polling station in his electoral area and the provisions of this Ordinance relating to presiding officers shall apply to such returning officer with the necessary modifications as to the things to be done by the returning officer in regard to the presiding officer or by the presiding officer In regard to the returning officer.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts