Singapore legislation

Clause 15

of Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Bill

Clause 15

Amendment of section 39

Section 39 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

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 —

(a)

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;

(b)

to an overseas polling station to vote in person at an election in any electoral division unless the person —

(i)

is registered as an overseas elector for that electoral division;

(ii)

is not designated under section 13A(3A) as a postal voter for that election; and

(iii)

is allotted under section 13A(3A) to that overseas polling station; or

(c)

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.”;

(b)

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”;

(c)

by deleting the words “the polling station in the division” in subsection (1A) and substituting the words “the ordinary polling station”;

(d)

by deleting the words “in the division, and that” in subsection (1A) and substituting the words “, and that other”;

(e)

by deleting subsection (2A); and

(f)

by deleting the words “56C or 56DA,” in subsection (3).