42Adjournment of voting

42 Adjournment of voting

(1) The Electoral Commissioner may adjourn the voting at a referendum at a polling booth from day to day in any case where voting is interrupted by: (a) riot or open violence; or (b) the threat of riot or open violence; or (c) storm, tempest, flood or an occurrence of a similar kind; or (d) a health hazard; or (e) a fire or the activation of fire safety equipment (such as sprinklers or alarms); or (f) anything else related to: (i) the safety of voters; or (ii) difficulties in the physical conduct of the voting. (2) If from any cause any polling booth at a polling place is not opened on the voting day at a referendum the Electoral Commissioner may adjourn the voting for a period not exceeding 21 days, and shall forthwith give public notice of the adjournment.