Section 18
Polling districts and polling stations
of Presidential Elections Act 1991
(1)
The Returning Officer must, for the purposes of the poll in any electoral division —
establish a sufficient number of polling stations within each polling district of the electoral division for the conduct of the poll;
provide as many polling places within each polling station as the Returning Officer considers necessary; and
allot the electors (including overseas electors) to the polling stations in the electoral division in such manner as the Returning Officer thinks convenient.
(2)
The Returning Officer may use, free of charge, as a polling station any school in Singapore or part thereof for the purposes of any election.
(3)
The Returning Officer must make good any damage done to, and defray any expenses incurred by the persons having control over, any school in Singapore or part thereof by reason of its being used as a polling station.
(4)
A polling station comprises such premises or such area within any premises as are demarcated by or under the authority of the Returning Officer to be a polling station.