(1)

(a) Before incurring any election expenses at a presidential election each candidate at the presidential election shall appoint an agent (in this Part referred to as a "presidential election agent") for the purposes of this Part and to assist the candidate generally in relation to the election and shall, not later than the last day for receiving nominations at the election, notify in writing the name of the said agent and the address of the office of the agent to the presidential returning officer.

(b) A candidate may appoint himself or herself as presidential election agent and, on so doing or on being deemed under this section to have so done, shall, so far as circumstances permit, be subject to the provisions of this Part both as a candidate and as an agent and, except where the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Part to a presidential election agent shall be construed as including a reference to the candidate acting as presidential election agent.

(2) Where a candidate has not, at the time referred to in subsection (1)(a), notified the presidential returning officer of the name of the presidential election agent appointed by the candidate and the address of the agent's office, the candidate shall be deemed to have appointed himself or herself as presidential election agent and to have revoked the appointment of any other person as such agent.