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55(1)It shall be the duty of the presiding officer to keep order at his polling station.
(2)If any person misconducts himself in a polling station or fails to obey the lawful orders of the presiding officer, he may immediately by order of the presiding officer be removed from the polling station by a police officer in or near that station or by any other person authorised in writing by the returning officer to remove him; and the person so removed shall not without the permission of the presiding officer again enter the polling station during the day.
(3)Any person so removed may, if charged with the commission in the polling station of an offence, be taken into custody by a police officer for an offence without a warrant.
(4)The powers conferred by this paragraph shall not be exercised so as to prevent an elector who is otherwise entitled to vote at a polling station from having an opportunity of voting at that station.
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