(1) The Commission shall appoint an assistant poll clerk for each polling station who shall receive such fee as may be prescribed.
(2) Upon his or her appointment an assistant 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) An assistant poll clerk shall assist the poll clerk in performing his or her duties under this Act.
(4) If at any time the poll clerk becomes incapable of performing his or her duties as such, the assistant poll clerk shall discharge all the duties and exercise all the powers of the poll clerk until another poll clerk is appointed.
(Inserted by Act 45 of 2006)