Singapore legislation
Clause 9
Clause 9
Nomination papers
(1)
Any person eligible for election to the office of President in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution may be nominated as a candidate for election to the office of President.
(2)
Each candidate shall be nominated by means of a nomination paper signed by two persons as proposer and seconder respectively and by not less than 4 other persons all of whose names must appear in any register of electors.
(3)
The written consent of the candidate must be endorsed on the nomination paper relating to the candidate.
(4)
Each candidate shall at the time of his nomination deliver to the Returning Officer —
a statutory declaration of his qualifications made and subscribed by the candidate in the prescribed form;
a statutory declaration made and subscribed by the candidate in the prescribed form stating that on nomination day he is not a member of any political party; and
the certificate issued under section 8.
(5)
If any statutory declaration or certificate which is required to be delivered under subsection (4) is not so delivered, the nomination of the candidate shall be deemed to be void.
(6)
The Returning Officer may, at any time between the date of the notice referred to in section 7 and 12 noon of nomination day, supply a form of nomination paper to any registered elector requiring the form.