Singapore legislation

Regulation 6

of Public Order (Election Meetings and Processions in Parliamentary Elections) Regulations 2009

Regulation 6

Permit conditions for election meeting

Amended byS 791/2025 wef 31/12/2021S 491/2020 wef 26/06/2020

Every permit for an election meeting shall be subject to the following conditions, which shall be deemed to be imposed under section 8(2) of the Act:

(a)

the election meeting must not be held in any place other than the place specified in the permit;

(b)

the election meeting must be held —

(i)

in the case of an election meeting referred to in regulation 2(a) — only at such place as may be specified in the permit and between the hours of 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. (both times inclusive); or

(ii)

in the case of an election meeting referred to in regulation 2(b) — only at such place and between such times as may be specified in the permit;

(c)

there must be no procession to or from the place of the election meeting;

(d)

no form of public entertainment within the meaning of the Public Entertainments Act 1958 shall be provided and no live-streaming of any event (including the election meeting itself) shall be shown before, during and after the election meeting;

(e)

the conduct of the election meeting must not obstruct the free passage of persons or vehicular traffic on any public road; and

(f)

before, during and after the meeting, no organiser and no speaker at the election meeting shall display or exhibit any banner, flag, poster, placard, photograph, film, sign, writing or other visible representation or paraphernalia, or use indecent, threatening or abusive words or otherwise behave, with intent to provoke a breach of the peace or whereby a breach of the peace is likely to be occasioned whether immediately or at any time after the election meeting.