Presidential Elections Act 1991 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Offences and Corrupt and Illegal Practices
59. Badges, symbols, etc., prohibited on polling day and eve of polling day
Feedback & supportSubject to subsection (4), a badge, symbol, rosette, favour, set of colours, flag, advertisement, handbill, placard or poster or any replica of a voting paper must not be worn, used, carried or displayed by any person or on any motor car, truck or other vehicle as political propaganda on polling day or on the eve of polling day at an election.
flag
“flag” means a continuous piece of fabric or other flexible material, or one or more pieces of fabric or other flexible material joined into a continuous piece —(a)on which content is printed, written, drawn or depicted in such a way as to be normally not legible in windless conditions; and(b)that is attached (by rope, wire or otherwise) to a pole or flagstaff projecting vertically, horizontally or at an angle,and includes a flag, bunting, ribbon or streamer of any colour or colours but not a flag, bunting or streamer carried during a procession;
The offence under subsection (3) is an arrestable offence within the meaning of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010.
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months.
Nothing in this section precludes a candidate wearing on his or her person a replica of the symbol allotted to him or her under section 16.
candidate
“candidate” means a person who is nominated as a candidate for election to the office of President;