Supplementary provisions if counting of overseas votes wholly abandoned
37.—(1)  This regulation applies if the counting of overseas votes at a counting place for overseas votes is wholly abandoned under regulation 34.
(2)  The Returning Officer must announce the abandonment of counting to persons present at the affected counting place.
(3)  The counting of overseas votes at the affected counting place must stop immediately.
(4)  The Returning Officer must secure the counting material at the affected counting place in the presence of the candidates and their counting agents who are in attendance by —
(a)making up the counting material into separate packets; and
(b)sealing each packet with —
(i)the seal of the Returning Officer; and
(ii)the seals of the candidates and their counting agents who wish to affix their seals.
(5)  The Returning Officer must —
(a)hold the secured counting material in safe custody for 6 months; and
(b)destroy the secured counting material at the end of those 6 months unless the President or Election Judge otherwise orders.
(6)  Paragraphs (4) and (5) do not apply if it is impossible or impracticable in the circumstances to secure the counting material.
(7)  If polling must be restarted under regulation 34(4) —
(a)the restarted poll must be conducted as nearly as possible in accordance with the Act;
(b)a person may vote at the restarted poll only if he or she is —
(i)an elector for the affected electoral division; and
(ii)in the case of overseas or postal voting — an overseas elector;
(c)the Returning Officer must specify —
(i)a date for counting votes (other than overseas votes) at the counting place or places for the affected electoral division; and
(ii)a date for counting of overseas votes at the counting place for overseas votes, which must not be later than the 10th day after the date of the restarted poll in Singapore; and
(d)the dates specified under sub‑paragraph (c) must be published in the Gazette.