ELECTORAL ACT ____________________________________________________________________________________ (2) If a candidate revokes the appointment of his or her chief election agent or the chief election agent dies— (a) the candidate may appoint another chief election agent and shall forthwith notify in writing the full names and address of such chief election agent to the constituency elections officer: Provided that a candidate may not appoint a chief election agent in terms of this paragraph unless he or she notifies the constituency elections officer not later than three days before the polling day or earliest polling day, as the case may be, of such appointment; and (b) … [Paragraph repealed by s. 36 of Act No. 6 of 2014] (3) If a candidate— (a) fails to give the notification required in terms of subsection (1) or (2); or (b) on the revocation of the appointment or the death of his or her chief election agent does not appoint another chief election agent; the candidate shall be deemed to be his or her own chief election agent and thereupon shall, so far as circumstances permit, be subject to the provisions of this Act both as a candidate and as a chief election agent. (4) Any two of the designated national or provincial office-bearers of a political party referred to in section 38A(1)(a) or (b) may, on behalf of its candidates contesting in any constituency or ward within a province, perform, on behalf of those candidates, the duties imposed by this section on individual candidates by submitting (on or after nomination day but not later than twelve days before polling day or the first polling day, as the case may be, in the election concerned) lists of chief elections agents and the candidates they represent to the provincial elections officer, who thereupon must distribute (no later than seven days before polling day or the first polling day, as the case may be, in the election concerned) the lists to every constituency elections officer in or within whose jurisdiction the candidates concerned are to stand. [Subsection inserted by s. 36 of Act No. 6 of 2014] (5) Subsections (2) and (3) shall apply to the designated office-bearers of a political party referred to in subsection (4) as if they were candidates. [Subsection inserted by s. 36 of Act No. 6 of 2014] 95 Election agents (1) Not later than three days before the polling day or first polling day, as the case may be, a chief election agent may appoint one or more persons, not exceeding such number as may be prescribed, to be his or her election agents and shall forthwith— (a) notify in writing the full names and address of every election agent so appointed to the constituency elections officer; and (b) … [Paragraph repealed by s. 58 of Act No. 17 of 2007] (1a) Subject to subsection (5) (which provides for limiting the number of election agents in or about a polling station where more than one election is being held concurrently), of the election agents appointed in terms of subsection (1) by a candidate’s chief election agent— (a) one shall be entitled to be present in each polling station in the constituency in which the candidate is standing for election; and (b) one shall be entitled to be present in the immediate vicinity of each such polling station; for the purposes of observing whether or not the electoral processes at the polling station concerned are conducted in accordance with this Act. [Subsection inserted by s. 27 of Act No. 3 of 2012 and amended by s. 37 of Act No. 6 of 2014] 98