Singapore legislation
Regulation 5
of Presidential Elections (Community Declaration and Community Certificate) Regulations 2017
Regulation 5
Fact-finding
Subregulation 1
A Sub-Committee for a community may, for the purposes of deciding whether a declarant belongs to the community —
require the declarant to provide further information; (b)interview the declarant;
inform itself on any matter; and
consult any person,and may take into account any refusal by the declarant to provide further information or to be interviewed.
Subregulation 2
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 —
require the declarant to provide further information; (b)interview the declarant;
inform itself on any matter; and
consult any person,and may take into account any refusal by the declarant to provide further information or to be interviewed.