10.—(1) As soon as possible after nomination proceedings have closed on nomination day, the Returning Officer shall issue to every candidate or group of candidates, or to each candidate’s election agent, a permit substantially in the form set out in the Schedule authorising the display of posters and banners in any public place in the electoral division in which the candidate or (as the case may be) group of candidates seeks election.
(2) The Returning Officer may, in issuing a permit, impose such terms and conditions as he may think fit, including conditions as to —
(a)
the public places where posters and banners must not be displayed;
(aa)
the removal, within such period after polling day as is specified in the permit, of every poster and banner authorised to be displayed by the permit;
(b)
the manner in which posters and banners may or must not be displayed; and
(c)
the maximum number of posters and banners authorised to be displayed in the electoral division.