Singapore legislation
Section 6
Section 6
Disqualification of electors
(1)
No person is entitled to have his or her name entered or retained in any register of electors if he or she —
has done any of the following:
acquired or applied to acquire by registration, naturalisation or other voluntary and formal act (other than marriage) the citizenship of any country outside Singapore;
voluntarily claimed and exercised any rights (other than any rights in connection with the use of a passport) available to him or her under the law of any country outside Singapore being rights accorded exclusively to the citizens or nationals of that country;
taken any oath or made any declaration or acknowledgment of allegiance, obedience or adherence to any foreign power or state; (iv)applied to the authorities of a place outside Singapore for the issue or renewal of a passport or used a passport issued by such authorities as a travel document;
is serving a sentence of imprisonment (by whatever name called) imposed by any court in or outside Singapore for an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term exceeding 12 months, or is under sentence of death imposed by any such court or is serving a sentence of imprisonment awarded in lieu of execution of any such sentence;
is under any written law found or declared to be of unsound mind;
is incapable of being registered by reason of his or her conviction of a corrupt or illegal practice under this Act or the Presidential Elections Act 1991 or by reason of the report of an Election Judge in accordance with the provisions of this Act or the Presidential Elections Act 1991 or by reason of his or her conviction under section 55 of this Act or section 37 of the Presidential Elections Act 1991;
is a serving member on full pay of any naval, military or air force not maintained out of moneys provided by Parliament unless he or she possesses a domicile in Singapore;
[Deleted by Act 14 of 2008](g)is a person whose name has been expunged from the register under section 13(3) or 43(5) and whose name has not been restored to the register under section 43(8) or (8A), as the case may be; or
is a person whose name has been expunged from the register of electors under section 26(5) of the Presidential Elections Act 1991 and whose name has not been restored to the register under section 26(8) of that Act.
(1A)
Without affecting subsection (1), a person who is deemed to be ordinarily resident in Singapore under section 5(1A) is not entitled to have his or her name entered or retained in any register of electors if he or she is —
serving a sentence of imprisonment (by whatever name called) in any prison, jail or other place of detention outside Singapore;
accused of an offence against any written law punishable with imprisonment for a term exceeding 12 months and a warrant of arrest by a court in Singapore authorising his or her apprehension in relation to that offence remains in force; or
convicted by any court in Singapore of any offence punishable with imprisonment for a term exceeding 12 months and a warrant of arrest by a court in Singapore authorising his or her apprehension in relation to that offence remains in force.
(2)
For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), where the conviction is by a court of law outside Singapore, the person is not so disqualified unless the offence is also one which, had it been committed in Singapore, would have been punishable by a court of law in Singapore.
(3)
For the purposes of subsection (1)(a)(ii), the exercise of a vote in —
any national, state or provincial election; or
any election for the local government of any metropolitan or urban area,in a country outside Singapore (but not an election under this Act or a presidential election) is deemed to be the voluntary claim and exercise of a right available under the law of that country.