Clause 8

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) Any person 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 name so entered or retained in that register of electors may, at any time before a writ of election is issued for any election in that electoral division, apply to the Registration Officer to be registered as an overseas elector for that electoral division at —

any overseas registration centre; or

any place in or near the electoral division for which the person seeks to be registered as an overseas elector.”;

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (c) of subsection (2), the following paragraph:“(ca)a declaration that he —

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 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;”;

by deleting the words “, before or at any time after certifying any register of electors for any electoral division” in subsection (3) and substituting the words “to be registered as an overseas elector for an electoral division, at any time except between the issue of a writ of election under section 24 and the nomination day appointed for an election in that electoral division or, if a poll is to be taken, the polling day appointed for that election”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsections:“(3A) Any person who is registered under this section as an overseas elector in the register of electors for an electoral division may, at any time, apply to the Registration Officer in the manner prescribed —

to cancel his registration as an overseas elector; or

to change the overseas polling station allotted to him under subsection (3)(b) to another overseas polling station,and the Registration Officer may, at any time before the issue of a writ of election under section 24 for an election in that electoral division, cancel the person’s registration as an overseas elector or allot the person another overseas polling station to vote at, as the case may be.(3B) Only one overseas polling station may be allotted to a person who is registered as an overseas elector.”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (4), the following subsection:“(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) shall be deemed to be the voluntary claim and exercise of a right available under the law of that country.”.