The effect of para. (1) of s.31 of the House of Representatives (Elections) Regulations, 1957 is to impose
a duty upon a presiding officer to keep order in the polling station and para. (2) provides the means of carrying out that duty; the offender
should first be asked to behave properly and if he refuses force may, if necessary, be used to remove him without constituting an assault (page 23, lines 16-19; page 23, lines 31-36).