Singapore legislation

Regulation 5

Application to be registered as overseas elector

Subregulation 1

An application under section 13A(1) of the Act to be registered as an overseas elector must be made in one of the following ways:

(a)

by lodging a duly completed Form R1 in person at —

(i)

the office of the Registration Officer; or

(ii)

an overseas registration centre;

(b)

by sending a duly completed Form R1 by post to the address of —

(i)

the office of the Registration Officer; or

(ii)

an overseas registration centre;

(c)

by submitting a duly completed Form R1 using the electronic system provided by the Government for this purpose.

The Registration Officer may reject the application if —

(a)

the application is incomplete or not made in accordance with these Regulations; or

(b)

the applicant fails to provide any additional information requested by the Registration Officer under section 13A(2)(e) of the Act.

Paragraph (2) does not affect any other ground on which the Registration Officer may reject the application.

The Registration Officer must inform the applicant as soon as practicable of the outcome of the application.