Clause 6

Where any new electoral division is created or the boundaries of any existing electoral division are altered by —

redistributing the whole of one or more contiguous polling districts of any existing electoral division or divisions to form a polling district or districts of the new or altered electoral division without any change in the boundaries of those polling districts; or

transferring the whole of one or more contiguous polling districts of any existing electoral division or divisions to any other existing division or divisions without any change in the boundaries of those polling districts,the Minister may, in lieu of specifying the boundaries of the electoral divisions in a notification under section 8, specify —

the polling districts which have been retained, redistributed or transferred to form subdivisions of the respective electoral divisions; and

the new distinguishing letter or letters (if any) assigned to each such polling district,and each electoral division shall be deemed to have been subdivided under section 9(1) into the polling districts so retained, redistributed or transferred as its subdivisions.(2) Unless the Minister otherwise directs, whenever any new electoral division is created or any electoral division is altered in the manner referred to in subsection (1)(a) or (b), section 10 shall not apply to that new or altered electoral division and the Registration Officer shall, before the next general election, prepare in accordance with subsection (3) a composite register for each new or altered division and certify it in the Form 7 in the First Schedule.(3) A composite register for any new or altered electoral division shall be prepared by using the certified registers in operation and combining the sections of these certified registers relating to the polling districts which have been redistributed or transferred to form the polling districts of the new or altered electoral division.(4) Any composite register prepared in accordance with subsection (3) for a new or altered electoral division shall be deemed to be the certified register in operation for that electoral division at the next general election following its certification but not earlier, and subject to such alterations as may be made therein in accordance with section 13, 17 or 43 or with section 26 of the Presidential Elections Act [Cap. 240A], shall continue in operation until superseded by the coming into operation of the next certified register for that electoral division.”.