(1) The Commission shall appoint an assistant election clerk for each electoral district who shall receive such fee as may be prescribed for each election in that district.
(2) Upon his or her appointment, an assistant election clerk shall take an oath in the form set out as Form 3 in Schedule 3 and shall transmit such oath to the returning officer.
(3) An assistant election clerk shall assist the election clerk in performing his or her duties under this Act.
(4) If at any time the election clerk becomes incapable of performing his or her duties as such, the assistant election clerk shall discharge all the duties and exercise all the powers of the election clerk until another election clerk is appointed.
(Inserted by Act 45 of 2006)