Section 51, The Public Elections Act, 2012

(1) The hours of voting in a presidential or parliamentaryelection shall be from seven o’clock in the morning to five o’clock in the afternoon or such later time as the Electoral Commission may allow. Publication of nomination. Political party to nominate fresh Appointment of Returning Officers, Presiding Officers, Polling Assistants, Election of unopposed Time and procedure for polling. (2) The voting at a polling station shall not be closed until all the registered voters present inside the polling station or waiting in line outside the polling station at the time specified in subsection (1) have cast their vote. (3) Part VII shall, with the necessary modifications, apply to the voting in a presidential election.