Singapore legislation

Clause 6

of Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Bill

Clause 6

Amendment of section 31

Section 31 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “The” and substituting the words “Subject to subsection (2), the”;

(b)

by deleting the words “sections 29 and 32” and substituting the words “sections 29, 29A, 30 and 32”; and

(c)

by renumbering the section as subsection (1) of that section, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following subsections:“(2) A person seeking to be a candidate for election in an electoral division may be refused entry to the place of nomination unless —

(a)

the person is issued a political donation certificate under section 18(4) of the Political Donations Act (Cap. 236);

(b)

the person is accompanied by at least 6 others as his proposer, seconder and assentors; and

(c)

where that electoral division is a group representation constituency —

(i)

the person is a member of a group of persons which satisfies the requirements of section 27A(3);

(ii)

the person is accompanied by all of the other members of that group; and

(iii)

at least one of the members of that group is certified under section 27A(6)(b) as belonging to the community designated for that constituency under section 8A(1)(b).(3) Subsection (2) only applies to the initial entry of a person seeking to be a candidate for an election to a place of nomination for that election.”.