Singapore legislation
Regulation 5
Regulation 5
Nominations
Subregulation 1
Every fully registered medical practitioner resident in Singapore who desires to nominate any candidate for election as a member of the Medical Council shall —
enter his own name as proposer and sign on the nomination paper referred to in regulation 4(2);
enter on the nomination paper the name of each candidate he desires to nominate and have the consent of each candidate named endorsed thereon;
enter on the nomination paper the name of a seconder for each candidate named and have the signature of each seconder endorsed thereon; and
submit the nomination paper in the manner fixed by the returning officer under regulation 4(1)(a), which shall be accompanied by such information concerning each candidate named as the returning officer may require.
Subregulation 2
No person shall propose or second the nomination of any candidate unless that person is a fully registered medical practitioner resident in Singapore who has in force a practising certificate at the time of the nomination.
Subregulation 3
The number of candidates nominated in an election by a proposer shall not exceed the number of vacancies for elected members of the Medical Council to be filled in that election.