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21. - (1) Where an elector who is accompanied by
another person makes application to the presiding officer
to be allowed on the ground of blindness to vote with the
assistance of the person accompanying him (in this Schedule
referred to as "the companion"), the presiding officer shall
require the elector to declare orally whether he is so
incapacitated by his blindness as to be unable to vote without
assistance.
(2) If the presiding officer is satisfied that the
elector is so incapacitated and is also satisfied by a written
declaration made by the companion (in this Schedule referred
to as "the declaration made by the companion of a blind
elector") that the companion is a qualified person within the
meaning of this paragraph and has not previously assisted
more than one blind person to vote at the election then being
held, the presiding officer shall grant the application, and
thereupon anything which is by this Schedule required to be
done to or by the said elector in connection with the giving of
his vote, may be done to, or with the asistance of, the
companion as the case may be.
(3) For the purpose of this paragraph a person shall
be qualified to assist a blind elector to vote, if that person
is either
(a) a person who is entitled to vote at the election
then being held; or
(b) the father, mother, brother, sister, husband, wife,
son or daughter of the blind elector and has
attained the age of twenty-one years,
(4) The name and number on the register of electors of
every elector whose vote is given in accordance with
this paragraph and the name and address of the
companion shall be entered on a list (in this
Schedule called "the list of blind electors assisted
by companions").
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