Singapore legislation
Clause 15
Clause 15
Amendment of section 39
Section 39 of the principal Act is amended —
by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) Subject to subsection (1A) but without affecting section 7 (on plural voting), a person must not be admitted —
to an ordinary polling station to vote in person at an election in any electoral division unless the person is allotted under section 36A(1)(c) to that ordinary polling station;
to an overseas polling station to vote in person at an election in any electoral division unless the person —
is registered as an overseas elector for that electoral division;
is not designated under section 13A(3A) as a postal voter for that election; and
is allotted under section 13A(3A) to that overseas polling station; or
to a special polling station to vote in person at an election in any electoral division unless the person is allotted under section 47B(1) to that special polling station.”;
by deleting the words “a polling station within that division” in subsection (1A) and substituting the words “an ordinary polling station or a special polling station”;
by deleting the words “the polling station in the division” in subsection (1A) and substituting the words “the ordinary polling station”;
by deleting the words “in the division, and that” in subsection (1A) and substituting the words “, and that other”;
by deleting subsection (2A); and
by deleting the words “56C or 56DA,” in subsection (3).