Presidential Elections Act 1991 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Elections
18. Polling districts and polling stations
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The Returning Officer must, for the purposes of the poll in any electoral division —
Returning Officer
“Returning Officer” means the Returning Officer appointed under section 3;
establish for the electoral division as many ordinary polling stations as are necessary for the poll —
within each polling district of the electoral division; and
in a polling district of another electoral division which has a common boundary with the firstmentioned electoral division, but only if the Returning Officer is satisfied that doing so is conducive to the voting convenience of a large number of electors of the electoral division who reside near that common boundary;
provide as many polling places within each ordinary polling station as the Returning Officer considers necessary; and
allot the electors registered for the electoral division (including overseas electors) to the ordinary polling stations in such manner as the Returning Officer thinks convenient.
A single ordinary polling station in a polling district of an electoral division may be established for the conduct of a poll in another electoral division only if the polling district has a common boundary with a polling district of the other electoral division.
ordinary polling station
“ordinary polling station” means a polling station established in Singapore under section 18(1);
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.
polling station
“polling station” means —(a)an ordinary polling station;(b)a special polling station; or(c)an overseas polling station;
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.
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.
Where an ordinary polling station or a special polling station is located in any grounds, the Returning Officer —
special polling station
“special polling station” means a polling station established in Singapore under section 30A(1);
may designate —
an entrance to those grounds as a designated entrance to the polling station; and
the routes that electors have to use to access the polling places within the polling station and the polling booths or other facilities for voting in accordance with this Act, including paths, hallways and doorways; and
if a designation under paragraph (a)(i) is made, must indicate or cause to be indicated by a presiding officer the designated entrance to those grounds by displaying an official sign at that entrance.