(l) II al an election' Lhe fJ,roccl'uings aL any Jlullill/t ~lalillll pl'Ovilied under rule 1U are Interrupled ur obslructed b.y riu!. or open violence, ,or if at an election it is nol possible Lo lake the poll at any polling station' on account, of :JIIY naLural calamity, or lIny other sullicient cause, lhp presiding ollicer sholl IInnourr::e an adjournrnent of the poll to a date lo be s?ccilied later, and shall forthwith inform the returning oIHcer.
(2) Whenever n p\lli is a<ljo\ll'llcti under sllb-rule (1), the return ing ollieer shnll illlll\cdilltely report the clrCllITlstllllces to the Cornmi,q siclIIer, Gurdwara mt'clions, and shall, as SOOll as may' be, wilh the approval of the COlllmissioncr, UlIl'dwara Eleclion.s, appoint the day on which the poll shall rcconlnlence and fix the hours during which the poll will be laken and Ihe voles cast al lha~ polling station shall not be counted until sU'~h adjourned poll shall have been completed':
Provided thal no adjoul'lled poll shall be ta,kcn if the dilTerence between the volos secured by the candidate who is found to have ob lained the least number of voles uplo the number of members to be elecled and by the canuidatl~ who, has Jlolled the largest number of votes from amongst the remaining candidales is more than the tolal number of voters entitled lo vole al such a polling -Gtation.