Singapore legislation
Section 13A
Section 13A
Registration as overseas elector
(1)
Any person who is not resident in Singapore but whose name is entered in the register of electors for an electoral division and who is entitled to have his or her name so entered or retained in that register of electors may, at any time and in such form or manner as may be prescribed, apply to the Registration Officer to be registered as an overseas elector for that electoral division.
(2)
An application under subsection (1) by any person to be registered as an overseas elector must contain or be accompanied by —
satisfactory proof of his or her identity;
particulars of his or her current mailing address outside Singapore;
a declaration that he or she is a citizen of Singapore and is not less than 21 years of age;
(ca)a declaration that he or she —
has not acquired or applied to acquire by registration, naturalisation or other voluntary and formal act (other than marriage) the citizenship of any country outside Singapore;
has not voluntarily claimed and exercised any rights (other than any rights in connection with the use of a passport) available to him or her under the law of any country outside Singapore being rights accorded exclusively to the citizens or nationals of that country;
has not taken any oath or made any declaration or acknowledgment of allegiance, obedience or adherence to any foreign power or state; and
has not applied to the authorities of a place outside Singapore for the issue or renewal of a passport or used a passport issued by such authorities as a travel document;
a statement specifying the overseas polling station he or she desires to vote at in an election; and
any other information as the Registration Officer considers necessary to determine the person’s entitlement to have his or her name entered or retained in a register or the electoral division in or in respect of which the person may vote.
(3)
An overseas elector may, at any time and in such form or manner as may be prescribed, apply to the Registration Officer —
to change the overseas polling station allotted to him or her under subsection (3A)(a); or
to cancel his or her registration.
(3A)
Despite section 13, the Registration Officer may —
in the case of an application made under subsection (1), register the applicant as an overseas elector and allot to the applicant an overseas polling station;
in the case of an application made under subsection (3)(a), allot to the applicant another overseas polling station;
in the case of an application made under subsection (3)(b), cancel the applicant’s registration as an overseas elector; or
reject any application made under subsection (1) or (3).
(3AA)
3AA
If the Registration Officer receives an application under subsection (1) or (3) during the specified period of an election, the Registration Officer is not required to take any action on the application under subsection (3A) until after that specified period.
(3B)
Only one overseas polling station may be allotted to a person who is registered as an overseas elector.
(4)
The registration of any person under this section as an overseas elector in any register of electors continues in operation until superseded by the coming into operation of the next certified register relating to any area within that electoral division following any preparation of registers under section 10 or any revision of registers under section 14.
(5)
For the purposes of subsection (2)(ca)(ii), the exercise of a vote in —
any national, state or provincial election; or
any election for the local government of any metropolitan or urban area,in a country outside Singapore (but not an election under this Act or a presidential election) is deemed to be the voluntary claim and exercise of a right available under the law of that country.
(6)
In this section, “specified period” means —
in the case of an election for an electoral division under this Act — the period starting on the third day (including a Sunday or public holiday) after the issue of the writ of election under section 24 for that election and ending on the nomination day for that election or, if a poll is to be taken, the polling day (or if there is more than one polling day, the last polling day) for that election; and
in the case of an election under the Presidential Elections Act 1991 — the period starting on the third day (including a Sunday or public holiday) after the issue of the writ of election under section 6 of that Act and ending on the nomination day or, if a poll is to be taken, the polling day (or if there is more than one polling day, the last polling day) under that Act for that election.