Crisis management powers in relation to particular polling stations
12.—(1)  The Returning Officer may exercise any crisis management power in paragraph (2) if, at any time before or during the conduct of the poll for an election in an electoral division, the Returning Officer is of the opinion that the conduct of the poll at a polling station is or is likely to be disrupted.
(2)  The Returning Officer may —
(a)temporarily suspend the poll at the affected polling station for a specified period (which must not exceed 2 hours), with or without specifying another location for the resumed poll;
(b)adjourn and postpone the poll at the affected polling station to a specified date and time, with or without specifying another location for the resumed poll;
(c)abandon the poll at the affected polling station and restart the poll on a specified date and time, with or without specifying another location for the restarted poll;
(d)close the poll at the affected polling station early; or
(e)if the affected polling station is an overseas polling station in a foreign country — wholly abandon the poll at the affected polling station if the Returning Officer is satisfied that voting in person cannot start or be resumed or completed due to special circumstances in the foreign country.
(3)  If the affected polling station is an overseas polling station —
(a)a resumed poll under paragraph (2)(a) or (b); or
(b)a restarted poll under paragraph (2)(c),
must not close later than the close of the poll on polling day in Singapore.
(4)  A date specified under paragraph (2)(b) or (c) —
(a)must, if the poll is for an election that is a part of a general election, fall within the time delimited by Article 66 of the Constitution for a general election; and
(b)must not be later than the 56th day after the date of publication of the notice of contested election in the Gazette under section 34(6)(d) or 34A(6)(d) of the Act, as the case may be.