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The presidential returning officer.
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7.—(1) Before every presidential election and not later than the day on which the order appointing days in respect of such election is made, the Minister shall appoint a fit and proper person to be the returning officer (in this Act referred to as the presidential returning officer) for the purposes of such election.
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(2) It shall be the duty of the presidential returning officer to conduct the presidential election for the purposes of which he is appointed, to count the votes cast thereat, and to ascertain and declare the result thereof in accordance with this Act, and to do such other things in respect of such election as he is required by this Act to do.
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(3) The Minister for Finance shall from time to time prepare a scale of maximum charges for presidential returning officers, and every presidential returning officer shall be paid by the said Minister out of the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof his reasonable charges in respect of his services and expenses in relation to the presidential election for the purposes of which he was appointed, but not exceeding in any case the maximum charges specified in the said scale of maximum charges for the time being in force.
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