32. Amendment of section 40 of the principal enactment

Section 40 of the principal enactment as amended by Law, No. 24 of 1977, is hereby further amended by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection :—

“(1) For the purpose of each election for any electoral area, the returning officer of that electoral area shall appoint:—

one or more persons (hereinafter referred to as “presiding officer”) to preside at each polling station in each polling district; and t 2

where more than one person is appointed as a presiding officer in respect of a polling station, appoint one of such presiding officers to be the senior presiding officer of that polling station and the senior presiding officer shall exercise general supervision over every other presiding officer, and overall arrangments for the conduct of the poll in the election.”.