Clause 3

by deleting the word “The” in subsection (8) and substituting the words “Subject to subsection (9C), the”;

by deleting subsection (9B) and substituting the following subsections:“(9B) Despite subsection (9), the Registration Officer may, without holding any public inquiry —

allow any claim in respect of which no objection is made if the Registration Officer is satisfied that the claim should be allowed, and insert the claimant’s name in the register and, where applicable, register the claimant as an overseas elector; or

reject any claim if the Registration Officer is satisfied that —

the claimant was not a citizen of Singapore on the prescribed date mentioned in section 5(4);

the claimant was below 21 years of age on the prescribed date mentioned in section 5(4); or

where the claimant claims to be entitled to have the claimant’s name entered in the register for an electoral division on the ground of a change in the claimant’s residential address, the new address specified in the claimant’s claim is not the address of any premises in that electoral division.(9C) Subsections (8) and (10) do not apply to a claim rejected by the Registration Officer under subsection (9B)(b).”; and

by deleting the word “Where” in subsection (10) and substituting the words “Subject to subsection (9C), where”.