Presidential Elections (Community Declaration and Community Certificate) Regulations 2017

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

Any notice or notification required to be given under these Regulations must be given in writing.

A community declaration must be made in Form 1.

A community declaration may (but need not) be accompanied by a statutory declaration by the declarant setting out any further information that the declarant wishes to submit in support of the community declaration and any application for a community certificate.

A statutory declaration under paragraph (2) must not be more than 2 printed A4 pages in length.

A Sub-Committee for a community may, for the purposes of deciding whether a declarant belongs to the community —

The Committee may, for the purposes of deciding whether to invite a declarant to submit another community declaration under section 8H(2)(b) or (4)(d)(ii) of the Act —

This regulation applies if, in an election other than a reserved election, a declarant states in his or her community declaration that he or she does not consider himself or herself to be a member of the Chinese community, the Malay community or the Indian or other minority communities.

The Committee must, as soon as possible after deciding whether to accept the community declaration, notify the declarant of the Committee’s decision.

Notice that the community declaration is accepted must be given in Form 2.

If a community declaration includes an application for a community certificate, the Committee must notify the applicant of its decision on the application as soon as practicable, and in any case no later than the day before nomination day.

Notice of the Committee’s decision to reject an application for a community certificate must be given in Form 3.

The Committee is to meet for the despatch of business at such times and places as the Chairman of the Committee may from time to time appoint.

Unless any member objects, the Committee may despatch business without meeting in person if the Chairman of the Committee so directs.

The Chairman of the Committee is to preside at every meeting of the Committee at which the Chairman is present.

In the absence of the Chairman of the Committee, the members present at a meeting are to elect amongst themselves a person to preside.

Regulations 11 and 13 apply to a Sub‑Committee, subject to the following modifications:

The quorum for a meeting of a Sub‑Committee is 3 members of the Sub‑Committee.

The Chairman of the Committee may appoint a public officer to be the Secretary to the Committee.

The Secretary may convey any decision, direction, request or information on behalf of the Committee, and may also perform such other duties as the Chairman of the Committee may assign.

The office of the Secretary is to be at the Elections Department.