Singapore legislation

Section 60B

of Presidential Elections Act 1991

Section 60B

Blackout period for election survey results

Amended by6/2017Act 9 of 2023 wef 01/06/20236/20176/20176/2017Act 9 of 2023 wef 01/06/2023

(1)

A person must not publish or permit or cause to be published the results of any election survey, or any content purporting to be any result of an election survey, during the period beginning with the day the writ of election is issued for an election and ending with the close of all polling stations on polling day at the election.

Amended by6/2017Act 9 of 2023 wef 01/06/2023

(2)

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.

Amended by6/2017

(3)

The offence under subsection (2) is an arrestable offence within the meaning of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010.

Amended by6/2017

(4)

In this section, “election survey” means an opinion survey of how voters will vote at an election or of the preferences of voters respecting any candidate or any issue with which an identifiable candidate is associated at an election.

Amended by6/2017Act 9 of 2023 wef 01/06/2023