Clause 12

Section 37 of the principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsections:“(1A) Outside each polling station in any group representation constituency, there shall be affixed in a conspicuous place by the presiding officer before the commencement of the poll a notice showing the names of the candidates in each group in English, Malay, Chinese and Tamil and the symbol allotted to each group under section 34A(1). The names of the candidates in each group shall be arranged alphabetically in English in the order of their surnames, and if there are two or more candidates with the same surname, of their other names. The groups of candidates shall be arranged alphabetically in English in the order of the surnames of the first candidates in each group and if there are two or more such candidates with the same surname, of their other names.(1B) Subsection (1) shall not apply to any election in any group representation constituency.”.