Singapore legislation
Section 29A
Section 29A
Amendment of nomination papers
(1)
Subject to subsection (3), where the Returning Officer detects in any nomination paper —
an error or omission, or what appears to be an error or omission, which may amount to a ground for rejecting the nomination paper or allowing an objection to the nomination paper; or
anything which may affect the validity of the nomination paper and the Returning Officer considers that it can be corrected before 12 noon on the day of nomination,the Returning Officer may, before making his or her decision under section 29 or 30, give the candidate or person seeking nomination (as the case may be) a reasonable opportunity to correct the error or omission before 12 noon on the day of nomination.
(2)
Subject to subsection (3), where any error or omission in a person’s nomination paper is brought to the attention of the candidate or person seeking nomination (whether by the Returning Officer under subsection (1) or following an objection made under section 30), the candidate or person seeking nomination (as the case may be) may, at any time before 12 noon on the day of nomination but no later, take such action as may be necessary to correct the error or omission in his or her nomination paper.
(3)
Nothing in subsection (1) or (2) authorises any candidate or person seeking nomination to substitute a different person —
as a candidate for election for an electoral division; or
as proposer, seconder or assentor.
(4)
In this section, “error” has the meaning given by section 103.