Singapore legislation

Clause 9

of Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Bill

Clause 9

Amendment of section 21

Section 21 of the principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsection:“(4) Any person who, in making any application under section 13A(1) to be registered as an overseas elector for an electoral division, or any application under section 13A(3A)(b) to change the overseas polling station allotted to him to another overseas polling station —

(a)

makes, in or outside Singapore, in any declaration under section 13A(2) any statement which is false, and which he knows or has reason to believe is false or does not believe to be true;

(b)

furnishes, in or outside Singapore, any document which he knows or has reason to believe is false or does not believe to be true; or

(c)

by the intentional suppression of any material fact, furnishes, in or outside Singapore, information which is misleading,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.”.

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