ELECTORAL ACT ____________________________________________________________________________________ (e) one chief election agent for the candidate and no more; (f) a number of election agents within the constituency concerned not exceeding such number as may be prescribed; (g) a number of clerks not exceeding such number as may be prescribed and the same number of messengers; (h) miscellaneous expenses not exceeding in the whole such sum as may be prescribed, and not being expenses incurred in respect of any matter or in any manner constituting an offence under this Act or any other law, or in respect of any matter or thing payment for which is prohibited by this Act or any other law; (i) personal expenses; (j) the supply to unpaid helpers of the candidate of a reasonable amount of fuel for the purpose of bringing voters to and returning them from the polling station: Provided that the total sum expended in terms of this paragraph shall not exceed such sum as may be prescribed. 93A Appointment of roving political party election agents (1) Before, 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, a political party that has complied with section 38A(1)(a) or (b) may, through any two of its designated office-bearers at national or provincial level, appoint one person for each ward in which it is fielding candidates to be a roving election agent, and shall forthwith notify in writing the full names and address of its roving election agent to the constituency elections officer concerned. (2) A roving political party election agent who is duly notified in accordance with subsection (1) must present himself or herself no later than seven days before polling day or the first polling day, as the case may be, to the provincial elections officer to be given an official identity badge or certificate as a roving political party election agent. (3) A roving political party election agent who exhibits to a presiding officer of a polling station within the ward for which the agent is appointed the badge referred to in subsection (2) shall, without interfering in or disrupting the conduct of the poll at the polling station, have the authority to enter and move through a polling station to observe the conduct of the election within that polling station, and to confer with any chief election agent or election agent of his or her political party who is present within that polling station. [Subsection amended by Part VI of Schedule to Act No. 3 of 2016] (4) A roving political party election agent shall otherwise have all the rights, powers, privileges, duties and obligations of a chief election agent, other than the power to appoint election agents. (5) If a political party revokes the appointment of any roving political party election agent or the roving political party election agent dies, the political party may, through any two of its designated office bearers at national or provincial level, appoint another roving political party election agent and shall forthwith notify in writing the full names and address of such chief election agent to the provincial elections officer. Provided that a political party may not appoint a roving political party election agent in terms of this subsection unless any two of its designated office-bearers at national or provincial level, notifies the appropriate provincial elections officer not later than five days before the polling day or earliest polling day, as the case may be, of such appointment. [Section inserted by s. 35 of Act No. 6 of 2014] 94 Chief election agents (1) Before, on or after nomination day but not later than seven days before polling day or the first polling day, as the case may be, in the election concerned, a candidate may appoint one and only one person to be his or her chief election agent and shall forthwith notify in writing the full names and address of his or her chief election agent to the constituency elections officer. [Subsection amended by s. 36 of Act No. 6 of 2014] 97

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