Singapore legislation

Regulation 9

of Presidential Elections (Crisis Management) Regulations 2023

Regulation 9

Crisis management powers before start of nomination proceedings

Subregulation 1

The Returning Officer may exercise any crisis management power in paragraph (2) if, at any time before the period for receiving nomination papers for an election, the Returning Officer is of the opinion that nomination proceedings are likely to be disrupted.

Subregulation 2

The Returning Officer may, at any time before that period, specify one or more of the following matters:

(a)

another date (which must be no later than one month after the date of the writ) to be nomination day;

(b)

another location for nomination proceedings;

(c)

other hours for nomination proceedings.

Subregulation 3

If the Returning Officer exercises the crisis management power in paragraph (2)(c), the Returning Officer must specify all of the following matters:

(a)

a period of one hour for the Returning Officer to receive nomination papers;

(b)

a period of 90 minutes for the making of objections to any nomination paper;

(c)

the latest time by which a candidate —

(i)

must make a deposit under section 10 of the Act;

(ii)

may correct errors or omissions in the nomination papers under section 11A of the Act; and

(iii)

may withdraw his or her candidature under section 13 of the Act;

(d)

the latest time by which a candidate must make an indication regarding his or her name under section 11(5) of the Act.

Subregulation 4

The periods and times specified under paragraph (3) must comply with the following provisions:

(a)

the time specified under paragraph (3)(c) must not be earlier than the end of the period specified under paragraph (3)(a);

(b)

the time specified under paragraph (3)(d) must not be earlier than 30 minutes after the end of the period specified under paragraph (3)(b);

(c)

nomination proceedings must be concluded in one day.

Subregulation 5

The exercise of any crisis management power in this regulation does not affect references in the Act to nomination day for the purposes of —

(a)

Divisions 2 and 3 of Part 2 of the Act (relating to certificates of eligibility and community declarations); or

(b)

any other thing done before nomination day.

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