Clause 14

Section 48A of the principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsections:“(4) Where polling at all polling stations established for the purposes of a poll in an electoral division is postponed under section 56C, the conduct of the counting of votes cast for the electoral division shall stand postponed until such other time as the Returning Officer, by notice in writing to each candidate or his election agent, shall specify.(5) Where polling at any polling station established for the purposes of a poll in an electoral division is temporarily suspended, adjourned and postponed or abandoned and re-started under section 56C, the conduct of the count in respect of votes cast at the other polling stations for that electoral division at which the poll has closed, shall stand postponed until such other time as the Returning Officer, by notice in writing to each candidate or his election agent, shall specify.”.