Singapore legislation
Regulation 2
of Housing and Development (Polling for Upgrading Works) Rules
Regulation 2
Definitions
Subregulation 1
In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires —
Definition
“beneficiary commercial property”, in relation to any commercial property upgrading works, means a commercial property prescribed in rule 2B to be a beneficiary commercial property in relation to those commercial property upgrading works;
Definition
“beneficiary flat”, in relation to any special upgrading works, means a flat prescribed in rule 2A to be a beneficiary flat in relation to those special upgrading works;
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“building” includes part of a building and any part of 2 or more buildings;
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“chief polling officer” means the chief polling officer appointed under rule 16(1)(a) and includes a deputy chief polling officer appointed under rule 16(2);
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“commercial property upgrading poll”, in relation to a precinct, means a poll conducted under section 77(3A) of the Act with a view to establishing the opinion of owners of every beneficiary commercial property in that precinct about any proposal to carry out commercial property upgrading works within that precinct;
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“commercial property upgrading works register” means a register (whether in paper or electronic form) prepared under rule 3(3A) in relation to certain commercial property upgrading works within a precinct;
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“daily statement of the poll” means the statement prepared in respect of any polling day under rule 29(1)(b) or 34E(1)(a), as the case may be;
Definition
“electronic polling machine” means any mechanical, electronic or electro-optical machine that can —
be activated by a voter to mark or record his vote for or against any proposal regarding general upgrading works, specified upgrading works or special upgrading works, as the case may be, on a polling display on the machine; (b)process the vote and the value in the vote by means of a computer program; (c)instantaneously record and store that vote and the value in that vote within a memory device within the machine; and (d)sort and count votes and the value in the votes marked or recorded on all polling displays on that machine, and includes any computer program that is used in the operation of the machine;
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“electronic polling system” means any polling system using electronic polling machines;
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“flat upgrading poll” means a poll conducted under section 77 of the Act in connection with any proposal to carry out any flat upgrading works within flats comprised in a building in a precinct or within any building in a precinct;
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“flat upgrading works register” means a register prepared under rule 3(3) in relation to certain flat upgrading works within flats comprised in a building in a precinct or within any building in a precinct;
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“HDB flat” means a house or flat sold under the provisions of the Act;
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“Lease Buyback Scheme” means a scheme administered by the Board, under which a lessee of an HDB flat who has been approved by the Board to take part in the scheme enters into an agreement with the Board to reduce the term of the lease, in consideration of a sum of money —
which is paid in accordance with the terms and conditions of the scheme; and
the whole or part of which may be used for the payment of a premium for an annuity plan under the Lifelong Income Scheme established and maintained by the Central Provident Fund Board under section 27K of the Central Provident Fund Act 1953;
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“list of proxies” means the list of proxies prepared under rule 15;
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“poll”, in relation to a precinct, means either a primary poll, a secondary poll, a special poll, a flat upgrading poll or a commercial property upgrading poll conducted under section 77 of the Act in relation to that precinct or a building or buildings within that precinct;
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“polling day” means any day on which a poll is taken;
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“polling display” means an on-screen electronic video display, image or representation of a polling paper;
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“polling place”, in relation to a poll, means the place at which the poll is to be taken;
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“primary poll”, in relation to a precinct, means a poll conducted under section 77 of the Act in relation to the precinct with a view to establishing the opinions of owners of flats within the precinct about any proposal to carry out general upgrading works within that precinct;
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“register” means a register (whether in paper or electronic form) of owners of flats prepared under rule 3 in respect of any particular precinct;
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“registered owner” means any person whose name is entered in a register, a special register, a flat upgrading works register or a commercial property upgrading works register, as the case may be;
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“scrutineer” means a scrutineer appointed under rule 16 for the purposes of a poll;
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“secondary poll”, in relation to a building within a precinct, means a poll conducted under section 77 of the Act in relation to the building within the precinct with a view to establishing the opinions of the owners of residential or non-residential flats in the building about any proposal to carry out specified upgrading works in that building;
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“Singapore corporation” means —
any body corporate established by any written law; (b)any company incorporated in Singapore, one of whose members is either a citizen of Singapore or a company incorporated in Singapore one of whose members is a citizen of Singapore, and so on; or (c)any society, co-operative society, trade union, mutual benefit organisation or other organisation formed or constituted in Singapore, one of whose members or trustees is a citizen of Singapore;
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“special poll”, in relation to any building or any 2 or more buildings within a precinct, means a poll conducted under section 77(2) of the Act with a view to establishing the opinions of owners of beneficiary flats in that building or those buildings, as the case may be, about any proposal to carry out special upgrading works in that building or for those buildings;
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“special register” means a register (whether in paper or electronic form) prepared under rule 3(2) in relation to certain upgrading works in a building or for 2 or more buildings;
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“voter” means a person who applies to vote or votes at a poll, whether or not he is a registered owner.
Subregulation 2
Any reference in these Rules to the commencement of a poll shall be a reference to the first polling day of the poll.
Subregulation 3
For the purposes of these Rules, the seniority of joint owners of any flat shall be determined by the order in which the names of the joint owners appear in the register, the special register, the flat upgrading works register or the commercial property upgrading works register, as the case may be.
Subregulation 4
For the purposes of these Rules, a person or group of persons shall be regarded as the common registered owner of more than one flat if and only if —
he is the sole registered owner of each of the flats; or (b)the group comprises persons who are the same joint registered owners of each of the flats and whose shares and interests in each of those flats are the same, whether equal or unequal.
Subregulation 5
For the avoidance of doubt, a polling display need not resemble a polling paper provided that it contains all information necessary to enable a voter to mark or record his vote for or against any proposal regarding general upgrading works, specified upgrading works, special upgrading works, flat upgrading works or commercial property upgrading works, as the case may be.