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Appointment of principal and local agents by candidates.
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22.—(1) Where a poll is taken at a presidential election, each candidate at such election may appoint—
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(a) one principal agent to assist him generally in relation to such election in like manner as is usually done by the election agent of a candidate at a Dáil election, and
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(b) one local agent for each constituency to assist such candidate in relation to such election in such constituency in like manner as is usually done by the election agent of a candidate at a Dáil election, and also to act as deputy in such constituency for the principal agent of such candidate.
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(2) Whenever a principal agent or a local agent appointed under this section by a candidate dies or becomes incapable of acting before the completion of the election, such candidate may appoint another person to be his principal agent or local agent (as the case may be) in place of the agent so dying or becoming incapable.
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(3) The name of every agent appointed under this section (whether originally or substitutionally) by a candidate and the address of his office shall, immediately after the adjournment of the election or the appointment of such agent, whichever is the later, be communicated—
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(a) in the case of the principal agent, by such candidate to the presidential returning officer, or
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(b) in the case of a local agent, by the principal agent of such candidate to the local returning officer in the constituency for which such local agent is appointed.
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(4) Every agent appointed by a candidate under this section shall have an office which shall, in the case of a principal agent, be situate in the city of Dublin or, in the case of a local agent, be situate in the constituency for which he is appointed or in a city or town adjoining such constituency, and every document addressed to any such agent and delivered at his said office shall be deemed to have been served on such agent.
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