Singapore legislation
Regulation 15
of Presidential Elections (Overseas Voting) Regulations 2023
Regulation 15
Admission to overseas polling station
Subregulation 1
Section 22(7) of the Act does not apply in relation to the conduct of polls in overseas polling stations.
Subregulation 2
Subject to this regulation, the only persons who may be present in an overseas polling station during the hours of the poll at that overseas polling station are —
the overseas election officers for that overseas polling station;
the candidates;
the polling agents of the candidates;
an overseas elector allotted to vote at that overseas polling station; and
any other person whom the Returning Officer authorises to be present.
Subregulation 3
A person required by section 36(1) of the Act, read with regulation 9, to make an oath of secrecy before attending at a polling station must not be admitted to an overseas polling station unless he or she has made that oath.
Subregulation 4
For the purposes of section 22(6) of the Act —
only one polling agent for each candidate may be admitted to an overseas polling station; and
regulation 2A of the Presidential Elections (Polling Stations) Regulations 2017 (G.N. No. S 267/2017) does not apply in relation to an overseas polling station.
Subregulation 5
A polling agent of a candidate must not be admitted to an overseas polling station unless the candidate or the candidate’s principal election agent or election agent provides the following information in writing to the Returning Officer no later than 2 clear days before polling day:
the polling agent’s full name (as stated in his or her identity card) and identity card number;
a statement that the polling agent is appointed for the overseas polling station.
Subregulation 6
Section 45(1B) of the Act does not apply in relation to the admission of a polling agent of a candidate to an overseas polling station.
Subregulation 7
A person who arrives at an overseas polling station to vote must —
give his or her name to the presiding officer; and
on request, give his or her name to a polling agent of the candidate.
Subregulation 8
A person must not be given a ballot paper, or be admitted to vote, at an overseas polling station if he or she refuses —
to comply with paragraph (7); or
to answer a question, asked by an overseas election officer for that overseas polling station, about the person’s entitlement to vote at that overseas polling station.
Subregulation 9
A presiding officer at an overseas polling station must ensure that a person seeking to enter an overseas polling station to vote is admitted if the person is entitled to vote at that overseas polling station.