Singapore legislation
Section 60B
Section 60B
Blackout period for election survey results
(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.
(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.
(3)
The offence under subsection (2) is an arrestable offence within the meaning of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010.
(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.