Singapore legislation

Regulation 6A

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

Regulation 6A

Permit conditions for election procession

Amended byS 491/2020 wef 26/06/2020

Every permit for an election procession organised by or on behalf of a candidate is subject to the following conditions, which are deemed to be imposed under section 8(2) of the Act:

(a)

only a vehicle that is specified in the permit may be used for the election procession; (b)the election procession must be held on the date and within the time specified in the permit;

(c)

the election procession must not do any of the following:

(i)

travel into any prohibited area under section 12 of the Act; (ii)deviate from the route specified in the permit;

(d)

the election procession must not travel outside of —

(i)

the electoral division in which the candidate stands nominated (whether alone or in a group) for the parliamentary election;

(ii)

in the case of a by-election in an electoral division, the electoral division in which the candidate stands nominated (whether alone or in a group) for the parliamentary election; or

(iii)

in the case of a general election, any electoral division in which the political party that the candidate is standing for (whether alone or in a group) has another candidate standing nominated;

(e)

the election procession must not, between the following times, travel to any place within 100 metres of the place where an election meeting is held:

(i)

a time that is one hour before the scheduled time specified in a permit for the election meeting to start;

(ii)

a time that is one hour after the scheduled time specified in that permit for the election meeting to end;

(f)

all participants in the election procession must not, during the election procession, do any of the following:

(i)

use a loudspeaker or public address system to give a speech; (ii)sing or play any gong, drum, musical instrument or music-producing equipment, without the authorisation of the police officer granting the permit;

(iii)

live-stream or broadcast a film of any person or event, or project any image of any participant of the election procession;

(g)

no participants may be carried at the back of an open deck of any vehicle used during the election procession.