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Presidential Elections Act (1993, last amended 2009)

Updated: June 2015

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Section 9, subsection 2 states:

Where the presidential returning officer is prevented by illness or other reasonable cause from performing all or any of his duties at the election, the Minister shall appoint a person to act as presidential returning officer for the performance of those duties during the period of the prevention and references in this Act to the presidential returning officer shall be construed accordingly.

 

Section 10 states:

…(2) Where a person referred to in subsection(1) is prevented by illness or other reasonable cause from performing all or any of the duties of a local returning officer or where a vacancy occurs in an office by virtue of which a person would be the returning officer at a D il election, the Minister shall appoint a person to act as local returning officer for the constituency concerned during the period of the prevention or vacancy, as the case may be…

(5) An appointment under subsection (4) may be revoked by the local returning officer concerned and, where an appointment is so revoked or the deputy local returning officer dies, resigns or becomes incapable of acting during the election, another deputy local returning officer shall be appointed under subsection (4).

 

Section 33, subsection 3 states:

Where the appointment of an agent under this section is revoked or an agent appointed under this section dies, resigns or becomes incapable of acting during an election, another agent may be appointed under this section in the place of that agent.

 

Section 34, subsection 11 states:

Where the appointment of an agent under this section is revoked or an agent appointed under this section dies, resigns or becomes incapable of acting during an election, another agent may be appointed under this section in the place of the agent…

 

Section 43, subsection 2 states:

Where, not less than 7 days before polling day at a presidential election, a presidential elector whose name is not on the postal voters list or the special voters list, satisfies the local returning officer that he is unable, by reason of physical illness or physical disability suffered by him, to vote at the polling station at which he would otherwise be entitled to vote and the local returning officer is of opinion that it would be more convenient for the elector because of his physical illness or physical disability to vote at another polling station in the same constituency, the elector may, if so authorised in writing by the local returning officer in such form as may be directed by the Minister, vote at such other polling station in the same constituency as may be specified in the authorisation.

 

Excerpts from the Presidential Elections Act (1993, last amended 2009)

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Section 43, subsection 2 states:

Where, not less than 7 days before polling day at a presidential election, a presidential elector whose name is not on the postal voters list or the special voters list, satisfies the local returning officer that he is unable, by reason of physical illness or physical disability suffered by him, to vote at the polling station at which he would otherwise be entitled to vote and the local returning officer is of opinion that it would be more convenient for the elector because of his physical illness or physical disability to vote at another polling station in the same constituency, the elector may, if so authorised in writing by the local returning officer in such form as may be directed by the Minister, vote at such other polling station in the same constituency as may be specified in the authorisation.

 

Excerpt from the Presidential Elections Act (1993, last amended 2009)

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Section 9, subsection 2 states:

Where the presidential returning officer is prevented by illness or other reasonable cause from performing all or any of his duties at the election, the Minister shall appoint a person to act as presidential returning officer for the performance of those duties during the period of the prevention and references in this Act to the presidential returning officer shall be construed accordingly.

 

Section 10 states:

…(2) Where a person referred to in subsection(1) is prevented by illness or other reasonable cause from performing all or any of the duties of a local returning officer or where a vacancy occurs in an office by virtue of which a person would be the returning officer at a D il election, the Minister shall appoint a person to act as local returning officer for the constituency concerned during the period of the prevention or vacancy, as the case may be…

(5) An appointment under subsection (4) may be revoked by the local returning officer concerned and, where an appointment is so revoked or the deputy local returning officer dies, resigns or becomes incapable of acting during the election, another deputy local returning officer shall be appointed under subsection (4).

 

Section 33, subsection 3 states:

Where the appointment of an agent under this section is revoked or an agent appointed under this section dies, resigns or becomes incapable of acting during an election, another agent may be appointed under this section in the place of that agent.

 

Section 34, subsection 11 states:

Where the appointment of an agent under this section is revoked or an agent appointed under this section dies, resigns or becomes incapable of acting during an election, another agent may be appointed under this section in the place of the agent…

 

Excerpts from the Presidential Elections Act (1993, last amended 2009)