Section 58 Nigerian Electoral Act

Section 58 Electoral Act 2022 is about Conduct at polling units. It is under Part IV (Procedure at Election) of the Act.

(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) A 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.