Singapore legislation
Clause 15
Clause 15
Amendment of First Schedule
The First Schedule to the principal Act is hereby amended by deleting Forms 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 appearing therein and substituting therefor the following: —“ FORM 8The Parliamentary Elections Act. (Chapter 50)Section 25.NOTICE OF ELECTION OF A MEMBER OF THE ELECTORAL DIVISION OFThe President having issued his writ for the election of a Member of Parliament for the electoral division of .................................................... the Returning Officer will on the ............................ day of ..................................... , 19 ...................... now next ensuing between the hours of eleven o’clock and twelve noon at .................... proceed to the nomination, and if there is no opposition, to the election of a Member for the electoral division of .......................................................................................Forms of nomination papers may be obtained at the office of the Returning Officer between the hours of ......................... and ......................... daily except on Saturday when the office is closed at ............................ p.m. (Sunday also excepted).Every nomination paper must be signed by any six or more electors qualified to vote in the electoral division of ............................ .................................. and be handed to the Returning Officer between the said hours of eleven o’clock and twelve noon.No nomination paper shall be valid or acted upon by the Returning Officer unless it is accompanied by —
the consent in writing of the person therein nominated; and
a deposit of one thousand and two hundred dollars in cash; and
the statutory declaration under section 27(3) of the abovementioned Act.The office of the Returning Officer is situate at .............................................. ............................................ Returning Officer”.Date ........................