Parliamentary Elections Act 1954 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Elections
56A. Voting at overseas polling station
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The hours of any poll at an overseas polling station for any contested election in an electoral division must be not less than 4 hours and may start in advance of the poll on polling day in Singapore, except that every such poll at an overseas polling station must close not later than the close of the poll on polling day in Singapore.
overseas polling station
“overseas polling station” means such of the following premises situated outside Singapore as the Returning Officer may approve under section 36A(2) to be an overseas polling station:(a)an embassy, a High Commission, a diplomatic mission, a permanent mission or a consulate of Singapore (or any part of it) in a country or territory outside Singapore;(b)the official residence (or any part of it) of any person who is appointed to hold or act in any of the following offices in a country or territory outside Singapore:(i)an ambassador, a High Commissioner, a Consulate‑General or the head of a diplomatic mission or consulate;(ii)the Permanent Representative; (iii)such other senior diplomatic or consular office as the Minister may prescribe;
Subject to any regulations made under section 56F, a poll (including an advance poll) and voting at an overseas polling station must be conducted, as far as practicable, in the same manner as that in which a poll and voting at an ordinary polling station on polling day in Singapore is conducted.
polling station
“polling station” means any polling station established by or under the authority of the Returning Officer under section 36A for voters to cast their votes at an election, and includes any overseas polling station;