1987 Ed.]

Electoral Provisions (Procedure) Regulations

[CAP. 367

B11

25. (1) Each candidate may appoint persons who have attained the age of 21 years as agents (in these regulations referred to as "polling agents") to attend at the polling stations for the purpose of detecting personation.

(2) Notice in writing of the appointment, stating the names and addresses of the persons appointed, shall be given by the candidate to the returning officer 10 days at least before the opening of the poll.

(3) If a polling agent dies, or becomes incapable of acting, the candidate may at any time appoint another polling agent in his place, and shall forthwith give to the returning officer notice in writing of the name and address of the polling agent so appointed.

(4) A polling agent in respect of whom such notice has been given may, during the hours of the poll, attend at the polling station to which he has been appointed and on attending shall report in person to the presiding officer and produce his identity card and Form 12 in the Schedule duly completed by him.

(5) A candidate may not appoint more than 2 polling agents to attend at any one polling station.

(6) Not more than one polling agent in respect of each candidate shall be admitted to any polling station at any one time.

26. (1) No person shall be admitted to vote at any polling station other than the polling station designated in respect of that part of the final register of electors in which his particulars are entered.

(2) The presiding officer may regulate the number of electors to be admitted to the polling station at the same time and shall exclude all other persons except-

(a) the officers named in the list referred to in regulation 21(2);

(b) the returning officer;

(c) the candidates and their election agents;

(d) polling agents appointed to attend at the polling station;

(e) police officers on duty at the polling station;

(f) public officers authorized in writing by the Deputy Chief Secretary for Constitutional Affairs

27. Before the date of each election the registration officer shall delineate clearly in such manner as he shall think fit, whether by marks, barriers or by the display outside the polling station of a plan, the boundaries of each polling station.

28. (1) Any person other than

(a) the returning officer;

(b) an officer appointed under regulation 21(1)(a);

(c) police officers on duty at any polling station,

[Subsidiary]

Appointment of polling agents.

65 of 1984, s. 29.

Form 12.

Admission to polling stations.

65 of 1984, s. 29.

65 of 1984, s. 29. L.N. 383/87.

Delineation of polling stations.

Offences in polling stations.

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