(1) A candidate at an election may appoint any one person to be his election agent in Form-10 and notice of such an appointment shall be given by forwarding the same in duplicate, to the Returning Officer who shall return one copy thereof to the election agent after affixing thereon his seal and signature in token of his approval of the appointment.
(2) Any person who is for the time being disqualified under the Regulation for being a member of a Panchayat shall, so long as the disqualification subsists, also be disqualified for being appointed as an election agent under sub-rule (1).
(3) The revocation of appointment of an election agent shall be made in Form 11. Such a revocation shall be signed by the candidate and shall operate from the date on which it is lodged with the Returning Officer.
(4) In the event of such a revocation or of the death of an election agent, the candidate may, at any time, before the result of election is declared, appoint another person to be his election agent in the manner specified in sub-rule (1).
(5) An election agent may perform such functions in connection with the election as are authorized by these rules to be performed by an election agent.
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41. Appointment and revocation of polling agent :
(1) A contesting candidate or his election agent may, appoint one polling agent and one relief agent to act as polling agent, in absence of polling agent on behalf of candidate at each polling station.
(2) Every such appointment shall be made in Form-12 and shall be made over to the polling agents for production at the polling station.
(3) No polling agent shall be admitted into any polling station unless he has delivered to the presiding officer the instrument of his appointment under sub-rule (2) after duly completing and signing before the presiding officer the declaration contained therein.
(4) The revocation of the appointment of a polling agent shall be signed by the candidate or his election agent and shall be in Form-13. It shall operate from the time and date at which it is lodged with the presiding officer.
(5) In the event of any such revocation or the death of a polling agent, the candidate or his election agent may, at any time before the poll is closed, make a fresh appointment in the manner specified in sub-rule (2).