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Section 146: Rules for postponing vote counting due to riots

146.Interruption and postponement of counting, tallying or recounting

(1)Where counting, tallying or recounting of votes is interrupted by a riot or violence or any other reasonable cause, the presiding officer or returning officer shall adjourn the counting, tallying or recounting to the next day or to any other time of the same day and shall immediately inform—

(a)in the case of the presiding officer, the returning officer; or

(b)in the case of the returning officer, the Electoral Commission, of that fact.

(2)Where the counting, tallying or recounting of votes is adjourned to the following day under subsection (1), the time, procedure and manner of the subsequent counting, tallying or recounting shall be as on the original occasion.

(3)Where counting is adjourned under this section, the ballot boxes all be kept in safe custody and the candidates or their agents shall be entitled b be present to keep watch on the boxes until counting resumes.

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You have the right as a candidate or agent to watch over ballot boxes if vote counting is postponed due to riots or violence. The presiding officer or...

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