Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of section 2

Section 2(1) of the Parliamentary Elections Act (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Commissioner of National Registration”, the following definition:“ “contact address”, in relation to any person, means the person’s contact address under section 8(2) of the National Registration Act;”; and

(b)

by deleting the definition of “overseas polling station” and substituting the following definition:“ “overseas polling station” means such of the following premises situated outside Singapore as the Returning Officer may approve under section 36A(2) to be an overseas polling station: (a)an embassy, a High Commission, diplomatic mission, permanent mission or consulate of Singapore (or any part thereof) in a country or territory outside Singapore;

(b)

the official residence (or any part thereof) 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;”.

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