Singapore legislation
Regulation 7
of Housing and Development (Polling for Upgrading Works) Rules
Regulation 7
Entitlement to vote
Subregulation 1
Subject to the provisions of these Rules, every registered owner whose name appears in the register in operation for a precinct shall —
be entitled to vote in a primary poll relating to that precinct; (b)if he is a registered owner of a residential flat in a building within the precinct, be entitled to vote in a secondary poll relating to residential flats in that building; and (c)if he is a registered owner of a non-residential flat in a building within the precinct, be entitled to vote in a secondary poll relating to non-residential flats in that building.
Subregulation 2
Subject to the provisions of these Rules, every registered owner whose name appears in a special register prepared in relation to any special upgrading works in a building or for 2 or more buildings within a precinct shall be entitled to vote in a special poll relating to those special upgrading works.
Subregulation 3
Subject to the provisions of these Rules, every registered owner whose name appears in a flat upgrading works register prepared in relation to any flat upgrading works shall be entitled to vote in a flat upgrading poll relating to those flat upgrading works.
Subregulation 3A
Subject to the provisions of these Rules, every person who is registered under rule 3(3A) as the owner of any beneficiary commercial property within a precinct for any commercial property upgrading works is entitled to vote in a commercial property upgrading poll for those works.
Subregulation 4
Subject to the provisions of these Rules, every registered owner whose name appears in the register in operation for a precinct shall, for the purposes of a primary poll relating to the precinct, have —
in the case of a common registered owner of more than one flat within the precinct, one vote in respect of all those flats; and (b)in any other case, a number of votes equal to the number of flats within the precinct in respect of which he has been registered as an owner.
Subregulation 5
Subject to the provisions of these Rules, every registered owner whose name appears in a subsidiary register in operation for a building within a precinct shall, for the purposes of a secondary poll relating to the building, have —
in the case of a common registered owner of more than one flat within the building to which the poll relates, one vote in respect of all those flats; and (b)in any other case, a number of votes equal to the number of flats in that building in respect of which he has been registered as an owner.
Subregulation 6
Subject to the provisions of these Rules, every registered owner whose name appears in a special register for any special upgrading works in a building or for 2 or more buildings within a precinct shall, for the purposes of a special poll relating to those special upgrading works, have —
in the case of a common registered owner of more than one beneficiary flat within the building or buildings, as the case may be — one vote in respect of all those flats; and (b)in any other case — a number of votes equal to the number of beneficiary flats in the building or buildings, as the case may be, in respect of which he has been registered as an owner.
Subregulation 7
Subject to the provisions of these Rules, every registered owner whose name appears in a flat upgrading works register for any flat upgrading works within flats comprised in a building in a precinct or within any building in a precinct shall, for the purposes of a flat upgrading poll relating to those flat upgrading works, have —
in the case of a common registered owner of more than one flat within any such building — one vote in respect of all those flats; and (b)in any other case — a number of votes equal to the number of flats in any such building in respect of which he has been registered as an owner.
Subregulation 8
Subject to the provisions of these Rules, a person who is registered under rule 3(3A) as the owner of any beneficiary commercial property within a precinct for any commercial property upgrading works has, for the purposes of a commercial property upgrading poll for those works, one vote for each beneficiary commercial property within that precinct for those works in respect of which that person is registered as the owner, jointly or otherwise.