(1)  If the number of candidates for an election does not exceed the number required to be elected, the returning officer for the division concerned is to –

(a) in the case of an Assembly election, as soon as practicable after the announcement of candidates, publicly declare those candidates to be duly elected as Members of the Assembly for that division; and

(b) in the case of a Council periodic election, on polling day, publicly declare the candidate to be duly elected as a Member of the Council for that division; and

(c) in the case of a Council by-election, as soon as practicable after the announcement of candidates, publicly declare the candidate to be duly elected as a Member of the Council for that division.

(2)  The Commissioner is to publish a declaration made under subsection (1) in at least one newspaper approved for the purpose and circulating generally in the division and return the writ to the Governor endorsed according to that declaration.