(1) The presiding officer shall for the purpose of maintaining order at the polling station—
(a) regulate the admission of electors;
(b) exclude all other persons except:
(i) his or her assistants,
(ii) the candidates,
(iii) not more than 2 agents for each candidate appointed by such candidate in writing in the form set as Form 15 in Schedule 3,
(iv) any police officer or constable on duty,
(vi) members of the Commission,
(vii) the chief elections officer, and
(viii) any election observer authorized by the Commission or the Chief Elections Officer to observe the polling process.
(2) The agents aforesaid shall be posted in such a place that they can see each person who presents himself or herself as an elector, hear his or her name as given in by him or her and witness the proceedings, but so that they cannot see how any elector votes. They shall not intervene in the proceedings save in so far as may be allowed by this Act.
(3) If any person persists, after being warned, in disobeying the directions of the presiding officer or in acting in contravention of this section it shall be lawful for the presiding officer to cause him or her to be removed from the polling station.
(Amended by Act 45 of 2006)