Singapore legislation

Section 8I

of Presidential Elections Act 1991

Section 8I

Time for issuing community certificate, etc.

Amended by6/2017

The Community Committee must, no later than the day before nomination day, do one of the following things in respect of a community declaration:

(a)

inform the declarant that the community declaration is not accepted;

(b)

if the community declaration is accepted and includes an application for a community certificate —

(i)

issue a community certificate to the declarant; or

(ii)

inform the declarant in writing that it has rejected the application;

(c)

if the community declaration is accepted and does not include an application for a community certificate, notify the declarant in writing of the acceptance.