15. The following new sections are hereby inserted Insertion of new section immediately after section 119, and shall have effect as 119A and 119B sections 119A and 119B, of the principal enactment:
| 119A. Every police officer shall ensure the orderly conduct of an election held under this Act, and shall comply with any direction given to him in that regard, by the Commissioner. |
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| 119B.
| | (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, any registered elector who reasonably fears that due to conditions prevaling in the area within which his polling station in situate, that he is unable to cast is his vote a such polling station, may make an application to the commissioner of Elections within one week of the notice of nomination, requesting that he may be allowed to cast his vote at another polling station determined by the commissioner, in his absolute discretion. | | |
| | (2) The Commissioner shall within a week of receipt of an. application, inform such elector whether such application is accepted or rejected. The decision of the Commissioner shall be final and conclusive and shall not be questioned in any court of law. | | |
| | (3) Where such vote is cast, such vote shall be counted along with the votes of the electoral district where such elector is registered.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts