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Section 78:

Representation of the People Act · PART VI: GENERAL

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78. Clerk may act for presiding officer (1) Subject to subsection (2), the presiding officer may authorise a clerk appointed to assist him to do an act which he is required or authorised to do by this Act at a polling station. (2) The presiding officer may not authorise a clerk to order the arrest, exclusion, or ejection of a person from the polling station.

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