Section 58 Electoral Act 2026

Section 58 of the Nigerian Electoral Act 2026 is about Conduct at polling units. It provides as follows:

(1) The Presiding Officer shall regulate the admission of voters to the polling unit
and shall exclude all persons other than the candidates, polling agents, poll
clerks and persons lawfully entitled to be admitted including accredited
observers, and the Presiding Officer shall keep order and comply with the
requirements of this Act at the polling unit.

(2) The Presiding Officer may order a person to be removed from a polling unit, who behaves in a disorderly manner or fails to obey a lawful order.

(3) Any person removed from a polling unit under this section shall not, without the permission of the Presiding Officer, again enter the polling unit during the day
of the election, and if charged with the commission of an offence in that polling
unit, the person shall be deemed to be a person taken into custody by a police
officer for an offence in respect of which he may be arrested without a warrant.

(4) The provisions of subsection (3) shall not be enforced so as to prevent a voter
who is otherwise entitled to vote at a polling unit from having an opportunity of
voting.

(5) In the absence of the Presiding Officer, the poll clerk shall enjoy and exercise all the powers of the Presiding Officer in respect of a polling unit.

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