Section 50: Attendance of a contesting candidate or his election agent at polling stations, and performance by him of the functions of a polling agent or counting agent.
The Representation of the People Act, 1951Central Act · Act 43 of 1951
(1) At every election where a poll is taken, each [contesting candidate] at such election and his election agent shall have a right to be present at any polling station provided under section 25 for the taking of the poll or at the place fixed under sub-section (1) of section 29 for the poll.
(2) A [contesting candidate] or his election agent may himself do any act or thing which any polling agent or the counting agent of such [contesting candidate] if appointed, would have been authorised by or under this Act to do, or may assist any polling agent or the counting agent of such [contesting candidate] in doing any such act or thing.
Attendance of a contesting candidate or his election agent at polling stations, and performance by him of the functions of a polling agent or counting agent.
Jurisdiction
Central
Status
In force as published by the source
How this provision has been amended
Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.
substituted, Act 58 of 1958. . Subs. by Act 58 of 1958, s. 20, for "candidate" (w.e.f. 30-12-1958).
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