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( 1 ) No person shail, on rhc date or dales on which a poll is laken Pcndiy for '[for an clcclion] a1 any polling station,- disorderly conducr in (a) use or operatc wilhin or at rhc cninncc 01 [he polling sbtion, ,, ,, or in any public or privatc placc in the neighbourhood pl!ing thereof, 'my apparalus Tor amplifying or reproducing the sIaILons. human voice, such as a megaphone or a loud-spcaker, or (b) shout, or olhrrwise acL in a disorderly manncr, wirhin or at he enuance of he polling slation or in any public or privale plocc within a disrance of onc hundred yards of the pelting station, so as to cause annoyance to any pcrson visi~ing h e polling station for the poll, or so as Lo interfcrc with the work of the officers and olherpcrsons on duty at thc polling slalion. (2) Any person who contravenes, or wiifully aids or abers h e contravcnrion or, the provisions of sub-section (1) shall bc punishable with imprisonment which may cxtend to three months or w i h finc or with b0lh. (3) If h e presiding officcr of a polling s ~ a ~ o n has reason LO believe rha~ any person is committing or has commitred an offencc punishable undcr lhis secrion, he may direct any policc officer to arresl such pcrson, and thereupon the police officcr shall mest him. (4) Any police officer may take such sicps. and use such force, as may bc reasonably neccssary for preven tin& any contravcntion OF rhe provisions or sub-seclion (I), and may scize any apparatus used for such cantraven tion.