Clause 9

Section 31A of the principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsections:“(3) Where polling at all polling stations established for the purposes of a poll is postponed under section 36C, the conduct of the counting of votes cast for the election shall stand postponed until such other time as the Returning Officer, by notice in writing to each candidate or his principal election agent, shall specify.(4) Where polling at any polling station established for the purposes of a poll is temporarily suspended, adjourned and postponed or abandoned and re-started under section 36C, the conduct of the count in respect of votes cast at the other polling stations which are specified in the direction under this section to be counted at the same counting place as votes cast at the first-mentioned polling station shall, even though the poll at the other polling stations has closed, stand postponed until such other time as the Returning Officer, by notice in writing to each candidate or his principal election agent, shall specify.”.