(1) If there shall be more than one candidate duly nominated a poll of electors shall be taken, and in such case the returning officer shall adjourn the election to the day specified in the writ, and a poll shall be taken on such day in the manner hereinafter provided.
(2) The returning officer shall, as soon as practicable after adjourning the election, give notice of the day and time on which and the addresses of the polling stations within each polling division at which the poll will be taken and the names of the candidates nominated for election and of the place where and day and time when the number of votes given to the several candidates will be finally counted, by publication thereof in the Gazette and one local newspaper; and by causing notices to be posted in such places in the district as he or she may deem necessary in the form set out as Form 10 in Schedule 3.