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Keeping of order in station.
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3rd Sched. (Part III)
123.
(1) It shall be the duty of the presiding officer
to keep order at his polling station.
(2) If any person misconducts himself in a polling station, or fails to obey the lawful orders of the presiding
officer, he may immediately, by order of the presiding officer,
be removed from the polling station by a police officer in or
near that station, or by any other person authorized in writing
by the returning officer to remove him; and the person so removed shall not, without the permission of the presiding officer, again enter the polling station during the day. (3) Any person so removed may, if charged with the
‘camission in the polling station of an offence, be dealt with
as a person taken into custody by a police officer for an
affeace without a warrant.
(4) The powers conferred by this paragraph shall not be exercised so as to prevent an elector who is otherwise
entitled to vote at a polling station from having an opportunity of voting at that station.