Singapore legislation

Clause 6

of Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Bill

Clause 6

Amendment of section 43

Section 43 of the principal Act is hereby amended —

(a)

by deleting the last sentence appearing in the seventh, eighth and ninth lines of subsection (8) thereof; and

(b)

by inserting immediately after subsection (8) thereof the following subsections: —“(9) Any name to be restored to the register under subsection (8) of this section shall, except as otherwise provided in subsection (11) of this section, be restored the day after the Registration Officer has satisfied himself that the applicant has a good and sufficient reason for not recording his vote or the day after the payment of the sum of five dollars to the Registration Officer, as the case may be.(10) Where any person whose name is to be restored to the register under subsection (8) of this section has notified the Commissioner of National Registration of any change in his address and it appears from such change of address that he is no longer residing in the same electoral division, his name shall be restored to the appropriate register of the electoral division in which he is residing.(11) Where a writ of election has been issued under section 24 of this Act for an election in any electoral division no name shall be restored to the register of that division until after nomination day or, if a poll is to be taken, until after polling day.”.