Local Authorities Elections (Amendment) Act 2012 · As enacted
40. Insertion of new section 59B in the principal enactment
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 59A of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 59B of that enactment :—
59B. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 59A, where as a result of any incidents or disturbances which took place at a polling station during a poll or thereafter or due to any other security reasons, the presiding officer of such polling station is of the opinion that the counting of votes shall not take place at the polling station, he shall inform the assistant returning officer appointed by the returning officer to supervise the polling in the ward in which such polling station is situated, of such fact and such assistant returning officer shall thereafter determine the new venue at which the counting of votes shall take place.
In the event of a change of venue of a counting centre under subsection (1), adequate notice of the new venue at which the counting is due to take place and the time at which the counting is due to commence, shall be notified by the assistant returning officer, to the counting agents appointed under section 60,
"Change of venue for counting of votes.
who are present at the counting centre at the particular time.
The counting of votes at the new venue as determined by the assistant returning officer shall be conducted by the presiding officer of the polling station, with the assistance of the staff at that polling station.
At the close of the counting of votes at the new venue, the counting officer shall submit to the returning officer of the electoral area, a report on the incident, disturbance or the security reason, as the case may be, which warranted the change of the venue of the counting centre and returning officer shall communicate to the Commissioner the information contained in such report."