Singapore legislation
Section 27
Section 27
Nomination papers
(1)
Any person eligible for election as a Member of Parliament in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution may be nominated as a candidate for election.
(2)
A person may be nominated to be a candidate for election only by means of a nomination paper in Form 9 in the First Schedule, which must —
set out the name, identity card number and occupation of the person;
be signed by a proposer and a seconder, and 4 or more persons as assentors, each of whom must be a person whose name appears in the register of electors for the electoral division in which the person seeks election;
contain a statement, signed by that person, to the effect that he or she consents to the nomination; and
contain a statutory declaration by the person seeking nomination stating that he or she is qualified to be elected.
(3)
Every candidate must, at the time of his or her nomination, deliver to the Returning Officer a political donation certificate issued to the candidate by the Registrar of Political Donations under section 18(4) of the Political Donations Act 2000.
(3A)
If the statutory declaration which is required by subsection (2)(d) to be made is not so made, or the political donation certificate which is required by subsection (3) to be delivered is not so delivered, the nomination of the candidate is deemed to be void.
(4)
The Returning Officer may, at any time between the date of the notice of the writ referred to in section 25 and 12 noon of the day of nomination, supply a form of nomination paper to any registered elector requiring it.