Parliamentary Elections Act 1954 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Elections
78C. Blackout period for election survey results
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A person must not publish or permit or cause to be published the results of any election survey, or any content purporting to be any result of an election survey, during the period beginning with the day the writ of election is issued for an election and ending with the close of all polling stations on polling day at the election.
publish
“publish” means make available to the general public, or any section thereof, in whatever form and by whatever means, including broadcasting (by wireless telegraphy or otherwise) and transmitting on what is commonly known as the Internet;
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
The offence under subsection (2) is an arrestable offence within the meaning of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010.
In this section, “election survey” means an opinion survey of how voters will vote at an election or of the preferences of voters respecting any candidate or group of candidates or any political party or issue with which an identifiable candidate or group of candidates is associated at an election.
election
“election” means an election for the purpose of electing a Member of Parliament;