(1) Subject to sections 55 and 56 of the Constitution, where at any time between the issue of a writ under section 36(1) of this Act and the day appointed by the writ for the taking of the poll at any election the Governor General is satisfied that it is expedient so to do by reason of—
(a) the threat or existence of a state of war between Saint Lucia and any foreign state; or
(b) the occurrence of any riot or the existence or threatened existence of any unlawful or tumultuous assembly; or
(c) the occurrence of any earthquake, hurricane, flood, fire, outbreak of pestilence or outbreak of infectious disease or other calamity whether similar to the foregoing or not; or
(d) the likelihood that the register for all electoral districts or for any particular electoral district will not be printed before the day appointed for the taking of the poll or that any essential electoral supplies or materials will not be available in adequate quantities upon such polling day,
he or she may by Proclamation adjourn the taking of the poll to some other day specified in such Proclamation not being more than 30 days after the day specified in the writ issued under section 36(1) of this Act.
(2) Any Proclamation under subsection (1) made under paragraph (c) or (d) thereof may be expressed to apply only to such electoral districts as are specified in such Proclamation in which event the poll shall be taken in any electoral districts not so specified upon the day appointed for the taking of the poll under section 36(2).
(3) Where any Proclamation is made under this section the writs for all electoral districts to which such Proclamation applies shall be deemed to have been amended by the substitution for the day specified in such writs as being the day for the taking of the poll, of the day so specified in such Proclamation.
(4) Where any Proclamation under this section is made before the day which would have been nomination day if such Proclamation had not been made, nomination day shall be deemed to have been adjourned to the fifteenth day next before the day by which the taking of the poll is adjourned by such Proclamation.
However, if such fifteenth day is a Sunday or a public holiday nomination day shall be deemed to be adjourned to the first day not being a Sunday or a public holiday after such fifteenth day.
(5) Where any Proclamation is made under this section after nomination day the adjournment by such Proclamation of the day upon which the poll is taken shall in no way affect the validity of any nomination validly made upon nomination day and no other nomination shall be made.