Singapore legislation
Section 5
Section 5
Qualification of electors
(1)
Subject to sections 6 and 7, any person who on the prescribed date in any year —
is a citizen of Singapore;
is ordinarily resident in Singapore; and
is not less than 21 years of age,is entitled to have his or her name entered or retained in a register of electors in that year.
(1A)
For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), a person is deemed to be ordinarily resident in Singapore on the prescribed date in a year if the person has resided in Singapore for an aggregate of 30 days during the period of 3 years immediately preceding the prescribed date, even though the person is not resident in Singapore on that date.
(2)
For the purposes of the preparation or revision of any register of electors a person who is a citizen of Singapore and to whom an identity card has been issued or deemed to have been issued on or before the prescribed date in any year under the provisions of the National Registration Act 1965 and has not been withdrawn is presumed, until the contrary is shown —
to be ordinarily resident in Singapore on the prescribed date in that year;
to be not less than 21 years of age on the prescribed date in that year, if from the particulars recorded in the register maintained by the Commissioner of National Registration he or she appears to be not less than that age on that date; and
to reside in the electoral division and polling district of the electoral division in which is situated the latest address shown on the prescribed date in the register maintained by the Commissioner of National Registration.
(3)
Despite subsection (2), the Registration Officer may, in preparing or revising any register of electors, omit from the register the name of any person where the Registration Officer has reason to believe that the latest address of the person shown on the prescribed date in the register maintained by the Commissioner of National Registration has ceased to exist or to be used as a place of residence or is an address situated outside Singapore.
(4)
For the purposes of subsections (1), (1A) and (2), the prescribed date is 1 July or such other date as the Minister may, by order in the Gazette, specify.
(5)
No order may be made under subsection (4) between the date of commencement of any preparation or revision of any register of electors for any year and the date of certification of that register under this Act (both dates inclusive).
(6)
For the purposes of this section, the contact address of the holder of an identity card is to be regarded as his or her latest address in the register maintained by the Commissioner of National Registration.