Clause 40

by deleting the words “within a radius of 200 metres” in subsection (1)(e) and substituting the words “within the restricted zone”;

by deleting the words “within a radius of 200 metres of any polling station, and the address of every such office must be registered by the candidate or his or her principal election agent with the Returning Officer before polling day” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “within the restricted zone of any polling station”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (4), the following subsections:“(5) In this section, “restricted zone”, for a polling station, means all of the following, unless otherwise provided in subsection (6):

the building, or part of the building, in which the following are, or are to be, located:

any polling place of the polling station;

any polling booth or other facility for electors allotted to that polling station are to vote in accordance with this Act;

the area within 200 metres of the external edges of a building or part of a building mentioned in paragraph (a);

if a building or part of a building mentioned in paragraph (a) is located in grounds —

the area in the grounds;

the area within 200 metres of the boundary fence or another structure or feature that marks the boundary of those grounds; and

if the Returning Officer or a presiding officer of that polling station has designated entrances to the grounds under section 18(5) — the area within 200 metres of each designated entrance to those grounds.(6) However, “restricted zone” for a polling station does not include premises in the zone mentioned in subsection (5)(b) or (c) that are outside Singapore.”.