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| (1) The Commissioner, as occasion may require, shall by notice in the Gazette, appoint by name or by office a person to be the returning officer of each electoral district, 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 the 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. |
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| (2) An appointment made by the Commissioner under subsection (1) may be revoked by him at any time. |
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| (3) 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 be appointed by the Commissioner, the returning officer may appoint by name or by office, any person 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 person. |
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