(1) If at an election the proceedings at any polling station provided under section 12 for the poll are interrupted or obstructed by any roit or open violence, or if at any election it is not possible to take the poll at any polling station or such place on account of any natural calamity or any other sufficient cause, the Presiding Officer for such polling station or the Municipal Returning Officer presiding over such place, as the case may be, shall announce an adjournment of the poll to a date to be notified later and where the poll is so adjourned by a Presiding Officer, he shall forthwith inform the Municipal Returning Officer concerned.
(2) Whenever a poll is adjourned under sub-section (1), the Municipal Returning Officer shall immediately report the circumstances to the appropriate authority and the Commission and shall, as soon as may be, with the previous approval of the Commission appoint the day on which the poll shall reconunence, and fix the polling station or place at which, and the hours during which, the poll will be taken, and shall not count the votes cast at such election until such adjourned poll shall have been completed.
Eligibility of members of Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes or women to hold seats not reserved for them.
Fixing time for poll.
Adjournment of poll emergencies.
333 The West Bengal Municipal Elections Act, 1994.
[West Ben. Act (Chapter VII.—The Poll.—Sections 62, 63.)
Fresh poll in the case of destruction etc. of ballot boxes.
Adjournment of poll or countermanding of election on the ground of booth capturing.
(3) In every such case as aforesaid, the Municipal Returning Officer shall notify in such manner as the Commission may direct the date, place and hours of polling fixed under sub-section (2).