(1) A personation agent shall not, during the hours fixed under section 96 for the holding of the poll, leave the polling station to which he is appointed without previously obtaining the permission of the presiding officer and depositing with the said presiding officer all registers, books and documents in which he has made any note, writing or mark during the poll.

(2) A personation agent who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and in addition shall not, save with the permission of the presiding officer, return to the polling station in question.