Presidential Elections Act 1991 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Elections
6. Timing of poll and writ of election
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Any poll for the election of the President must be conducted as follows:
election
“election” means an election for the purpose of electing the President;
where the office of the President becomes vacant prior to the expiration of the term of office of the incumbent, within 6 months after the date the office of President becomes vacant;
in any other case, not more than 3 months before the date of expiration of the term of office of the incumbent.
For the purposes of every election to the office of President, the Prime Minister must issue a writ under the public seal, addressed to the Returning Officer.
Returning Officer
“Returning Officer” means the Returning Officer appointed under section 3;
Every such writ must be in the prescribed form and must specify the date or dates (called in this Act nomination day) not being less than 10 days nor more than one month after the date of the writ and the place or places of nomination (called in this Act the place of nomination).
Upon receipt of the writ, the Returning Officer must proceed to hold the election in the manner provided in this Act.