(1) Upon commencing to discharge the duties of the returning officer in accordance with the last preceding section, the Commission shall appoint a substitute election clerk who shall perform all the duties and exercise all the powers of the election clerk until such time as the election clerk ceases to perform the duties and to exercise the powers of the returning officer.
(2) Upon commencing to discharge the duties of the election clerk, the substitute election clerk shall take the oath required by the last preceding section to be taken by the election clerk.
(3) The substitute election clerk shall receive, in respect of his or her services, such sum as may be prescribed.