Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of section 9

Section 9 of the Parliamentary Elections Act (called in this Act the principal Act) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of subsection (1)(b);

(b)

by deleting paragraph (c) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraphs:“(c)prepare or cause to be prepared maps or other images in such detail and with such markings as sufficient to delineate the polling districts into which that electoral division has been subdivided; and

(d)

publish in the Gazette a notice containing —

(i)

particulars of the website at which the maps or other images of the polling districts mentioned in paragraph (c) may be accessed online, and the place at which such maps or other images may be inspected, by the public; and

(ii)

the distinguishing letter or letters assigned to each such polling district.”; and (c)by deleting the words “publish in the Gazette a notice specifying in relation to that electoral division the particulars mentioned in subsection (1)(c)” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “take the steps mentioned in subsection (1)(c) and (d) for that electoral division”.

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