Clause 13

The principal Act is amended by renumbering section 33 as subsection (1) of that section, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following subsection:“(2) Nothing in sections 29 and 30 shall prevent the Returning Officer from exercising any of his powers under subsection (1) before 12.30 p.m. if, at 12 noon on the day of nomination for an election in any electoral division, only one candidate or one group of candidates stands nominated for that electoral division.”.