substitute presiding officer said :"Voting was in progress up to 5.45 p.m. when four police officers arrived at the polling station and spoke with me. One of the police officers asked me what was my name and position. I told him. He then enquired why the polling station was still opened at that time. I told him that at 4.30 p.m. the Returning Officer asked me to work at that polling division and that I arrived there at 4.40 p.m. That the building was opened at 4.45 p.m. and that voting commenced at 4.55 p.m. The police officer said that he was not sure that I was speaking the truth and that I should stop working. The voters who were in the polling station were in a position to hear the discussion I had with the police officer. They were very upset and insisted that they wanted to vote. The police officers said that it was not their fault and that voting should have stopped from 5.00 p.m. except for persons who were inside the polling station. They also said that since the door of the polling station was opened when they arrived at 5.45 p.m. voting should stop and we should pack up and leave. I therefore counted the ballots, placed everything in the box, closed it and left the premises at approximately 6.00 p.m. at that time there were about 90 persons who were waiting to vote. I took the ballot box to the counting centre and delivered it to the Returning Officer at approximately 7.00 p.m." 7. Voting conducted in crowded and disorderly circumstances contrary to section 77 (1).

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