Singapore legislation
Clause 4
of Singapore (Elections to the Federal House of Representatives) Ordinance
Clause 4
Registers of electors to be conclusive evidence
(1)
The register of electors prepared under the provisions of the Singapore Legislative Assembly Elections Ordinance shall be conclusive evidence for the purpose of determining whether a person is or is not entitled to vote at the elections held under the provisions of this Ordinance.
(2)
Where an electoral division specified for the purposes of elections under the provisions of this Ordinance consists of two or more electoral divisions specified for the purposes of elections under the provisions of the Singapore Legislative Assembly Elections Ordinance, the electoral registers for the divisions so specified under the provisions of the Singapore Legislative Assembly Elections Ordinance shall be deemed to be the electoral register for the combined division so specified under the provisions of this Ordinance.
(3)
No person who, by reason of circumstances existing on the day of the election, 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 a register of electors, shall be entitled to vote at the election and if any such person votes at the election, he shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.
(4)
Nothing in this section shall affect the liability of any person to any penalty for an infringement of the provisions of section 7 of the Singapore Legislative Assembly Elections Ordinance relating to plural voting.