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Chapter: | 541L
 | Title: | Electoral Procedure (Village Representative Election) Regulation | Gazette Number: | L.N. 82 of 2003 |
| Section: | 77 | Heading: | Resumption of postponed or adjourned polling or counting | Version Date: | 01/06/2003 |
(1) If a poll is postponed, the Commission shall appoint-
- (a) a date within the prescribed period after the date of the postponed poll as the new polling day; and
(b) the polling hours on the new polling day.
- (a) a date within the prescribed period after the date of the adjourned poll as the day on which the polling shall resume; and
(b) the polling hours for the resumed polling.
(4) If the counting of the votes in respect of a poll is adjourned, the Commission shall appoint a date within the prescribed period after the date of the adjourned counting as the day on which the counting shall resume.
(5) As soon as practicable after an appointment under subsection (1), (2), (3) or (4), as the case may be, is made, the Commission shall-
- (a) publish a notice of the appointment in the Gazette; or
(b) announce the appointed date and, where applicable, the appointed polling hours by such other means as the Commission considers appropriate.
(7) In subsections (1), (2), (3) and (4), "prescribed period" (訂明限期) means-
- (a) 2 days in the case of-
- (i) a postponement under section 72(1) due to an occurrence referred to in section 72(1)(e);
(ii) an adjournment under section 72(2) due to an occurrence referred to in section 72(2)(e);
(iii) an adjournment under section 73(1) due to an occurrence referred to in section 73(1)(c); or
(iv) an adjournment under section 73(2) due to an occurrence referred to in section 73(2)(c); or