(1) The Commission shall appoint a poll clerk for each polling station who shall receive such fee as may be prescribed.
(2) Upon his or her appointment every poll clerk shall take and subscribe an oath in the form set out as Form 5 in Schedule 3 and shall transmit such oath to the returning officer.
(3) If any presiding officer dies or becomes incapable of performing his or her duties during the taking of the poll, the poll clerk shall assume the office of the presiding officer and shall appoint some other person to act as poll clerk.
(4) Every person appointed to act as poll clerk under the last subsection shall take and subscribe the oath of a poll clerk.