Singapore legislation
Clause 20
Clause 20
Amendment of section 62
Section 62 of the principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after subsection (5), the following subsections:“(6) The election agent of a candidate (referred to as candidate A) belonging to a group of candidates may act by the election agent of any other candidate belonging to the same group (referred to as a sub-agent) whom the first-mentioned election agent authorises in writing in respect of such expenses incurred on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of the election for the candidates as is named in the authority, and —
anything done by or to the sub-agent shall be deemed to be done by the election agent and sub-agent jointly; and
the candidate A shall suffer the like incapacity as if any act or default of the sub-agent had been his election agent’s act or default.(7) For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in subsection (6) prevents an election agent of a candidate belonging to a group from authorising in writing more than one sub-agent from among the respective election agents of the other candidates belonging to the same group.(8) The authorisation of a sub-agent under subsection (6) —
shall not be vacated by the election agent who authorised him ceasing to be an election agent; and
may be revoked by whoever is for the time being the election agent.(9) The references in sections 64, 65(1) and (1A), 66, 68 and 69 to an election agent of a candidate (referred to as candidate A) shall, in relation to an election in a group representation constituency, be taken as references to the election agent —
acting by himself; or
acting by the election agent of any other candidate belonging to the same group as candidate A whom the first-mentioned election agent has authorised in writing under subsection (6) to act as his sub-agent in respect of such expenses incurred on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of the election for the candidates as are named in that authority.”.