Singapore legislation

Section 30B

of Presidential Elections Act 1991

Section 30B

Voting at special polling station is in lieu of voting at ordinary voting station

Amended byAct 9 of 2023 wef 01/06/2023

(1)

Where a special polling station is determined to be established under section 30A(1) in a nursing home for the purposes of the poll in an election, the Returning Officer must, without delay, allot the special polling station to every person —

(a)

whose name is entered in the certified register of electors in operation;

(b)

who is entitled to have his or her name so entered or retained in that register of electors; and

(c)

who is an in-patient or a resident of the nursing home during the election period of that election.

(2)

An elector who is allotted to a special polling station under subsection (1) may —

(a)

attend in person at a polling place in the special polling station to record his or her vote at an election, or have his or her vote taken by a mobile polling team; or

(b)

attend in person at the ordinary polling station allotted to him or her under section 18(1)(c) to record his or her vote at an election,but not at both in respect of the same election.

Amended byAct 9 of 2023 wef 01/06/2023