Presidential Elections (Amendment) Act, 1946

Amendment of section 20 of the Principal Act.

2.Section 20 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b), that is to say—

“(b) the poll, if any, at a presidential election shall commence at the hour of 9 o'clock a.m. and be kept open till the hour of 9 o'clock p.m. and no longer, unless, in the case of any particular presidential election, the Minister by order directs that the poll at that presidential election shall be kept open until the hour of 9.30 p.m., in which case the poll at that presidential election shall be kept open until the hour of 9.30 p.m.;”