CO129-609-3 Future policy- draft Municipal Council Ordinance 1-1-1947 - 31-12-1947 — Page 108

3rd Sched. (Part II)

(3) Save as by this paragraph authorized, no

inquiry shall be permitted as to the right of any person

to vote.

17.

Challenge of elector by polling agent.

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(1) If at the time a person applies for a ballot

paper, or after he has applied for a ballot paper and before

he has left the polling station, a polling agent declares

to the presiding officer that he has reasonable cause to

believe that the applicant has committed an offence of

personation under this Ordinance, and undertakes to

substantiate the charge in a court of law, the presiding

officer may order a police officer to arrest the applicant,

and the order of the presiding officer shall be sufficient

authority for the police officer so to do.

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(2) A person against whom a declaration is made under

this paragraph by a polling agent shall not, by reason

thereof, be prevented from voting, but the presiding officer

shall cause the words "protested against for personation" to

be placed against his name in the marked copy of the register

of electors.

(3) A person arrested under the provisions of this

paragraph shall be dealt with as a person taken into custody

by a police officer for an offence without a warrant.

18.

Marking of ballot papers.

A ballot paper shall be delivered to an elector

who applies therefor, and immediately before delivery

(a) the ballot paper shall be marked with the official

mark, either embossed or perforated;

(b) the number, name and description of the elector as

stated in the copy of the register shall be called

out;

(c) the number of the elector shall be marked on the

counterfoil together with the cistinctive letter

(if any) of the polling district in which the

elector is registered; and

(11)