Commissioners Clauses Act 1847

33 If no election day appointed, it may be made on a subsequent day.U.K.

If from any cause no election take place on the day appointed for the same, either for the town or for any ward, the election shall stand adjourned until the same day of the following week, and the returning officer shall give not less than three days previous notice thereof, by advertisement, or by placards affixed in public places in the town; and in such case the commissioners who would on that day have retired from office by rotation shall continue in office until such adjourned election takes place.