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Clock
According to rule 5.10, a referee may only correct the time on the clock if he/she has definite knowledge of the correct time remaining. The official may use a count (such as a 5 second closely guarded count or 10 second back court count) to help in determining the correct time.
The case book also notes that the official must give the timer "lag" time to stop the clock. According to the book, one second is considered lag time. So if the clock should have been stopped at 5 seconds and it shows 4.1 seconds, no correction should be made.
What differs your case from the case book example is that the clock is stopped, then started and stopped again. In the case book, they refer to plays where the clock was already in motion. Tough call, but you probably have to consider that the lag time.
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