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| (1) Subject to the general or special directions of the Commissioner, each returning officer shall appoint, and may revoke the appointment of, one or more persons, here master called presiding officers, to preside at each polling-station in the administrative district, If more than one presiding officer is appointed for any polling station, the returning officer may appoint one of the presiding officers to be the senior presiding officer who shall exercise general supervision over the other presiding officers, and over all arrangements for the conduct of the poll in that station. |
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| (2) If any presiding officer is by reason of illness- or other cause, prevented from acting at an election, and there is no time for another person to be appointed by the returning officer, the Presiding Officer may appoint a deputy to act for him. Every such appointment shall as soon as possible be reported to the Returning Officer and may be revoked by the returning officer, but without prejudice to the validity of anything already done by such deputy. |
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| (3) The returning officer may, if he thinks fit, preside at any polling station, and the provisions of this Act relating to a presiding officer shall apply to such returning officer |
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