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(3) Subject to section 3 (2) of the Ordinance, the date of

the adjourned poll referred to in subregulation (2) shall be no later than 7 days after the original date.

(4) Where any original poll is adjourned at any polling

station

(a)

(b)

polling in respect of an adjourned poll shall

commence on the day to which the original poll

is adjourned at the time or times determined for

the original date; and

references in these regulations to the close of

any poll shall be construed accordingly.

(5) The presiding officer at any polling station in respect of which an original poll has been adjourned by a declaration of the Governor under subregulation (1) shall, as soon as practicable after the declaration has come to his knowledge and in the presence of such persons as may be present in the polling station, secure the ballot box and the contents contained therein in such manner as he may determine and shall, without counting any ballot papers or votes -

(a) deliver the ballot box (as so secured) together. with the unused ballot papers, the spoilt ballot

papers and the marked copies of the register to

the returning officer who shall take such steps

as may be necessary to ensure the safety and

security of the same in such manner as the

Secretary for Constitutional Affairs may

determine; or

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