Singapore legislation
Section 64
Section 64
Undue influence at or near polling station
(1)
Subject to subsection (2), a person must not —
endeavour to establish the identity of any person entering a polling station;
check the name of any person entering a polling station on any list at the approach to a polling station;
anywhere place any desk or table or establish any office or booth for the purpose of recording particulars of voters;
wait outside any polling station on polling day, except for the purpose of gaining entry to the polling station to cast his or her vote;
loiter in any street or public place within the restricted zone of any polling station on polling day; or
open or maintain, for the purpose of any activity directed towards promoting or procuring the election of a candidate at any election, any office in any room, building or any place whatsoever, whether open or enclosed, on polling day.
(2)
Every candidate or any of his or her election agents may open or maintain one office for each polling district, which must not be within the restricted zone of any polling station.
(3)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
(4)
The offence under subsection (3) is an arrestable offence within the meaning of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010.
(5)
In this section, “restricted zone”, for a polling station, means all of the following, unless otherwise provided in subsection (6):
the building, or part of the building, in which the following are, or are to be, located:
any polling place of the polling station;
any polling booth or other facility for electors allotted to that polling station are to vote in accordance with this Act;
the area within 200 metres of the external edges of a building or part of a building mentioned in paragraph (a);
if a building or part of a building mentioned in paragraph (a) is located in grounds —
the area in the grounds;
the area within 200 metres of the boundary fence or another structure or feature that marks the boundary of those grounds; and
if the Returning Officer or a presiding officer of that polling station has designated entrances to the grounds under section 18(5) — the area within 200 metres of each designated entrance to those grounds.
(6)
However, “restricted zone” for a polling station does not include premises in the zone mentioned in subsection (5)(b) or (c) that are outside Singapore.