Clause 24

by deleting the words “section 13 or 13A in any register of electors” in the definition of “overseas elector” in section 2(1) and substituting the words “this Act”;

by deleting subsection (1) of section 13A and substituting the following subsection:“(1) Any person who is not resident in Singapore but whose name is entered in the register of electors for an electoral division and who is entitled to have his name so entered or retained in that register of electors may, at any time and in such form or manner as may be prescribed, apply to the Registration Officer to be registered as an overseas elector for that electoral division.”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “an overseas elector shall” in section 13A(2), the words “contain or”;

by deleting the words “the date he left Singapore and” in section 13A(2)(b);

by inserting, immediately after the word “entered” in section 13A(2)(e), the words “or retained”;

by deleting subsections (3) and (3A) of section 13A and substituting the following subsections:“(3) An overseas elector may, at any time and in such form or manner as may be prescribed, apply to the Registration Officer —

to change the overseas polling station allotted to him under subsection (3A)(a); or

to cancel his registration.(3A) Despite section 13, the Registration Officer may —

in the case of an application made under subsection (1), register the applicant as an overseas elector and allot to the applicant an overseas polling station;

in the case of an application made under subsection (3)(a), allot to the applicant another overseas polling station;

in the case of an application made under subsection (3)(b), cancel the applicant’s registration as an overseas elector; or

reject any application made under subsection (1) or (3).(3AA) If the Registration Officer receives an application under subsection (1) or (3) during the specified period of an election, the Registration Officer is not required to take any action on the application under subsection (3A) until after that specified period.”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (5) of section 13A, the following subsection:“(6) In this section, “specified period” means —

in the case of an election for an electoral division under this Act, the period starting on the third day (including a Sunday or public holiday) after the issue of the writ of election under section 24 for that election and ending on the nomination day for that election or, if a poll is to be taken, the polling day (or if there is more than one polling day, the last polling day) for that election; and

in the case of an election under the Presidential Elections Act (Cap. 240A), the period starting on the third day (including a Sunday or public holiday) after the issue of the writ of election under section 6 of that Act and ending on the nomination day or, if a poll is to be taken, the polling day (or if there is more than one polling day, the last polling day) under that Act for that election.”.