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  "text": "(1) The presiding officer may, and if required by a candidate or his election or polling agent shall, put to any person applying for a ballot paper at the time of his application, but not afterwards, the following questions or either of them—\n(a) in the case of a person applying as an elector—\n(i) “Are you the person registered in the register of local government electors for this election as follows?” (read the whole entry from the register)\n(ii) “Have you already voted at this election otherwise than as proxy for some other person?”\n(b) in the case of a person applying as proxy—\n(i) “Are you the person whose name appears as A.B. in the list of proxies for this election as entitled to vote as proxy on behalf of C.D.?”\n(ii) “Have you already voted at this election as proxy on behalf of C.D.?”\n(2) In the case of a person applying as proxy, the presiding officer may, and if required as mentioned above shall, put the following additional question—\n“Are you the husband [wife], parent, grandparent, brother [sister], child or grandchild of C.D.?”\nand if that question is not answered in the affirmative the following question—\n“Have you already voted at this election on behalf of two persons of whom you are not the husband [wife], parent, grandparent, brother [sister], child or grandchild?”\n(3) A ballot paper shall not be delivered to any person required to answer the above questions or any of them unless he has answered the questions or question satisfactorily.\n(4) Save as by this rule authorised, no inquiry shall be permitted as to the right of any person to vote.",
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