Singapore legislation

Clause 8

of Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Bill

Clause 8

Amendment of section 39

Section 39 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “or section 56C or under section 50C(3)(b)” in subsection (3) and substituting the words “, or under section 50C(3)(b), 56C or 56DA”;

(b)

by deleting the words “the polling agent or agents of each candidate” in subsection (4)(c) and substituting the words “the polling agents admitted to the station under this section”; and

(c)

by deleting subsections (5) and (5A) and substituting the following subsection:“(5) The number of polling agents that may be admitted to a polling station for an electoral division must not exceed —

(a)

where the electoral division is a group representation constituency, the number calculated in the prescribed manner for the group of candidates contesting the election in the electoral division; and

(b)

in any other case, the number calculated in the prescribed manner for the candidate contesting the election in the electoral division.”.