(Amended, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016) The election agents shall qualify as domestic public officials within the meaning given by Item 1 (b) of Article 93 of the Criminal Code as from the registration of the candidate lists and until the declaration of the election results. Where the registration of a candidate list is stricken, the effect of the striking shall extend to the election agents of the said candidate list.