ELECTORAL ACT (as amended at 24th January 2008) (a) in premises owned or occupied by a political party or candidate; or (b) in a police station, barracks, cantonment area or other place where police officers or members of the Defence Forces are permanently stationed; or (c) in premises licensed under the Liquor Act [Chapter 14:12]; or (d) at or in any place which, for any reason, may give rise to reasonable apprehension on the part of voters as to the secrecy of their votes or the integrity of the electoral process. (2) A polling station may, in addition to the polling stations established within the boundaries of the constituency concerned, be established in terms of subsection (1) at a place which is outside the boundaries of the constituency concerned: Provided that no polling station shall be established as a polling station for more than one constituency. (3) A constituency elections officer shall cause a notice of— (a) the places at which polling stations are to be established; and (b) the hours during which the polling stations will be open; to be published at least three weeks before polling day and again on polling day, in a newspaper circulating in the constituency concerned and in such other manner as he or she thinks fit. 52 Provision of requisites and officers for purpose of poll (1) For any election the constituency elections officer shall arrange for the obtaining of voting compartments and ballot boxes and shall provide papers, including ballot papers, instruments for marking ballot papers with the official mark, seals and other necessary things and shall do such other acts and things and make such arrangements to facilitate the taking of the poll as he or she may consider advisable for effectively conducting the election, and the expenditure incurred upon all such acts and things shall be charged upon and paid out of the funds of the Commission, or, in the extent of any insufficiency of the funds of the Commission for this purpose, the Consolidated Revenue Fund. (2) The constituency elections officer— (a) shall appoint sufficient presiding officers and polling officers for the purposes of the poll; and (b) may appoint a polling officer to act as presiding officer during such periods as the presiding officer is absent from the polling station. 53 Hours polling stations to be open (1) A polling station shall be open continuously from 7.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. on a polling day: Provided that if for good cause the constituency elections officer determines that it is not possible to open a polling station at 7.00 a.m., he or she shall fix such later opening time as will enable him or her to keep the polling station open for at least twelve hours continuously on a polling day. - 43 -