Singapore legislation

Clause 10

of Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Bill

Clause 10

Amendment of section 36A

Section 36A of the principal Act is amended by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:“(2) The Returning Officer may, for the purposes of the poll at any election, approve the use of such of the following premises outside Singapore that are within —

(a)

an embassy, a High Commission, diplomatic mission, permanent mission or consulate of Singapore in a country or territory outside Singapore; or

(b)

the official residence of any person who is appointed to hold or act in any of the following offices in a country or territory outside Singapore:

(i)

an ambassador, a High Commissioner, Consulate-General or head of a diplomatic mission or consulate;

(ii)

the Permanent Representative; or

(iii)

such other senior diplomatic or consular office as the Minister may, from time to time, prescribe for the purposes of the definition of an “overseas polling station” in section 2(1),as the Returning Officer thinks practicable or suitable as an overseas polling station for overseas electors to cast their votes thereat.”.

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