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17(1)If at the time a person applies for a ballot paper or after he has applied for a ballot paper and before he has left the polling station a polling agent declares to the presiding officer that he has reasonable cause to believe that the applicant has committed an offence of personation under this Act, it shall be lawful for the presiding officer to order a police officer to arrest the applicant, and the order of the presiding officer shall be sufficient authority for the .police officer to take the applicant into custody without a warrant.
(2)A person against whom a declaration is made under this paragraph by a polling agent shall not by reason thereof be prevented from voting, but the presiding officer shall cause the words " protested against for personation " to be placed against his name in the marked copy of the register of electors. .
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