Clause 15

The Superintendent shall appoint, and may revoke the appointment of, one or more persons, hereinafter in this Ordinance referred to as “presiding officers”, to preside at each polling station. If more than one presiding officer is appointed for any polling station, the Superintendent may appoint one of the presiding officers to be the senior presiding officer who shall exercise general supervision over the other presiding officers, and over all arrangements for the taking of the vote in that station. Each presiding officer shall be supplied with a copy of that part of the register of electors containing the names of electors in such register assigned to his polling place.

If any presiding officer is, by sickness or other cause, prevented from performing any of his duties under the provisions of this Ordinance, and there is not time for another person to be appointed by the Superintendent, the presiding officer may appoint a deputy to act for him. Every such appointment shall as soon as possible be reported to the Superintendent and may be revoked by the Superintendent, but without prejudice to the validity of anything already done by such deputy.

The Superintendent may, if he thinks fit, preside at any polling station and the provisions of this Ordinance relating to a presiding officer shall apply to such Superintendent.