Cap 541L s 72 Postponement or adjournment of polling at all polling stations or counting of votes at all counting stations (Electoral Procedure (Village Representative Election) Regulation; Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance)

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Chapter:	541L	Title:	Electoral Procedure (Village Representative Election) Regulation	Gazette Number:	L.N. 82 of 2003
Section:	72	Heading:	Postponement or adjournment of polling at all polling stations or counting of votes at all counting stations	Version Date:	01/06/2003

(1) The Commission may direct-

(a) the postponement of the poll for an election if, before the commencement of polling, the Commission is of the opinion that the poll; or

(b) the postponement of the counting of the votes in respect of the poll for an election if, before the commencement of counting, the Commission is of the opinion that the counting,

is likely to be obstructed, disrupted, undermined or seriously affected by-

(d) riot or open violence or any other occurrence of public danger; or

(e) an occurrence which appears to the Commission to be a material irregularity relating to the election, the poll or the counting.

(2) The Commission may direct-

(a) the adjournment of the poll for an election if, during the polling, the Commission is of the opinion that the poll; or

(b) the adjournment of the counting of the votes in respect of the poll for an election if, during the counting, the Commission is of the opinion that the counting,

is likely to be or is being obstructed, disrupted, undermined or seriously affected by-

(d) riot or open violence or any other occurrence of public danger; or

(e) an occurrence which appears to the Commission to be a material irregularity relating to the election, the poll or the counting.

(3) Subject to section 45(3), an elector who has cast a vote at a poll adjourned under subsection (2) is not entitled and shall not be allowed to cast a vote again at the resumed polling.