State Act
Section 17. Appointment of Presiding Officers for polling stations.
THE BRUHAT BENGALURU MAHANAGARA PALIKE ACT, 2020
This Act was repealed on 15 May 2025 by the Greater Bengaluru Governance Act, 2024 (Karnataka Act 36 of 2025), s.361(1); it may still apply to matters that began before then.
17. Appointment of Presiding Officers for polling stations.-(1) The State Election Commission shall appoint a Presiding Officer for each polling station and such Polling Officer or officers as it thinks necessary: Provided that, if a Polling Officer is absent from the polling station, the Presiding Officer may appoint any person who is present at the polling station other than a person who has been employed by or on behalf of, or has been otherwise working for, a candidate in or in relation to the election, to be the Presiding Officer during the absence of the former officer, and inform the election commission accordingly. (2) A Polling Officer shall, if so, directed by the Presiding Officer, perform all or any of the functions of a Presiding Officer under this Act or any rules or orders made thereunder.