Singapore legislation
Clause 10
Clause 10
Registers of electors to be conclusive evidence of right to vote
(1)
Without prejudice to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, the register of electors prepared under the provisions of the Singapore Legislative Assembly Elections Ordinance, hereinafter in this Ordinance referred to as the “register of electors”, shall be conclusive evidence for the purpose of determining whether a person is or is not entitled to vote at any referendum.
(2)
No person who, by reason of circumstances existing on the day of any referendum, is not, by virtue of the provisions of section 5 or 6 of the Singapore Legislative Assembly Elections Ordinance, entitled to have his name entered or retained in any register of electors, shall be entitled to vote at such referendum and if such person votes at such referendum he shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.
(3)
Nothing in this section shall affect the liability of any person to any penalty for an infringement of the provisions of section 9 of this Ordinance relating to plural voting.