Supplementary provisions if pre-count examination of postal voting papers wholly abandoned
33.—(1)  This regulation applies if the pre-count examination of postal voting papers at a counting place for overseas votes is wholly abandoned under regulation 30.
(2)  The Returning Officer must announce the abandonment of the pre‑count examination to persons present at the affected counting place.
(3)  The pre-count examination at the affected counting place must stop immediately.
(4)  The Returning Officer must secure the postal voting papers at the affected counting place in the presence of the candidates and their counting agents who are in attendance by —
(a)making up the postal voting papers 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 postal voting papers in safe custody for 6 months; and
(b)destroy the secured postal voting 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 postal voting papers.
(7)  If polling must be restarted under regulation 30(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.