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Section 77, The Public Elections Act, 2022

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(1) The Presiding Officer shall be responsible for themaintenance of law and order in the polling station. (2) Where a person misconducts himself in a polling station or fails to obey a lawful order of the Presiding Officer, he may,- (a) on the order of the Presiding Officer, be removed from the polling station by a constable or other person authorised in writing by the Presiding Officer in that behalf and he shall not, without the permission of the Presiding Officer, re-enter the polling station during the day of the election; or (b) be charged with the commission of an offence under the Public Order Act, 1965 (Act No. 46 1965) or any other law.

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