Singapore legislation
Clause 2
of Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment No. 2) Bill
Clause 2
Amendment of Article 17
Article 17 of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (referred to in this Act as the Constitution) is amended by inserting, immediately after clause (2), the following clause:“(3) Any poll for the election of President shall be held as follows:
in the case where the office of President becomes vacant prior to the expiration of the term of office of the incumbent and a writ for the election has not been issued before such vacation of office or, if so issued, has already been countermanded — within 6 months after the date the office of President becomes vacant; or
in any other case — not more than 3 months before the date of expiration of the term of office of the incumbent.”.