Singapore legislation
Clause 8
Clause 8
Amendment of section 39
Section 39 of the principal Act is amended —
by deleting the words “or section 56C or under section 50C(3)(b)” in subsection (3) and substituting the words “, or under section 50C(3)(b), 56C or 56DA”;
by deleting the words “the polling agent or agents of each candidate” in subsection (4)(c) and substituting the words “the polling agents admitted to the station under this section”; and
by deleting subsections (5) and (5A) and substituting the following subsection:“(5) The number of polling agents that may be admitted to a polling station for an electoral division must not exceed —
where the electoral division is a group representation constituency, the number calculated in the prescribed manner for the group of candidates contesting the election in the electoral division; and
in any other case, the number calculated in the prescribed manner for the candidate contesting the election in the electoral division.”.