(1) If the Presiding Officer of a polling station has reason to believe that any person is fraudulently taking or attempts to take a ballot-paper out of a polling station, or willfully aids or abets the doing of such act, such Officer may, before such person leaves the polling station, arrest or direct a police officer to arrest such person and may search such person or cause him to be searched by a police officer:
Provided that, when it is necessary to cause a woman to be searched, search shall be made by another woman with strict regard to decency.
(2) Any ballot paper found upon the person arrested on search shall be made over for safe custody to a police officer by the Presiding Officer, or when the search is made by a police officer, shall be kept by such officer in safe custody.