Singapore legislation
Clause 77
Clause 77
Time for presentation
(1)
Subject to subsections (2) and (3), every election petition shall be presented within 21 days of the date of publication of the result of the election in the Gazette.
(2)
An election petition questioning the return or the election upon the ground of a corrupt practice and specifically alleging a payment of money or other act to have been made or done since the date referred to in subsection (1) by the President whose election is questioned or by an agent of the President or with privity of the President or his election agent in pursuance or in furtherance of the corrupt practice may, so far as respects that corrupt practice, be presented at any time within 28 days after the date of the payment or act.
(3)
An election petition questioning the return or the election upon an allegation of an illegal practice may, so far as respects that illegal practice, be presented within the following time:
at any time before the expiration of 14 days after the date of the publication in the Gazette of the notice required by section 57 as to the election expenses of the President whose election is questioned; or
if the election petition specifically alleges a payment of money or other act to have been made or done since that date by the President whose election is questioned or by an agent of the President or with the privity of the President or of his election agent in pursuance or in furtherance of the illegal practice alleged in the petition, the petition may be presented at any time within 28 days after the date of the payment or other act.
(4)
An election petition presented in due time may, for the purpose of questioning the return or the election upon an allegation of a corrupt or illegal practice, be amended with the leave of a Judge of the Supreme Court within the time within which an election petition questioning the return or the election upon that ground may be presented.
(5)
For the purposes of this section, where there is an authorised excuse for failing to make and transmit the return and statements respecting election expenses, the date of the allowance of the excuse or, if there was a failure in two or more particulars and the excuse was allowed at different times, the date of the allowance of the last excuse shall be substituted for the date of the publication in the Gazette of the notice mentioned in subsection (3).