Parliamentary Elections (Malay Community Committee) Regulations

These Regulations may be cited as the Parliamentary Elections (Malay Community Committee) Regulations.

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —“applicant” means a person who applies under section 27A(5) of the Act for a certificate that the person belongs to the Malay community;“Secretary” means the Secretary to the Committee appointed under regulation 7.

At every meeting of the Committee, 3 members of the Committee shall form a quorum.

The Chairperson of the Committee shall preside at meetings of the Committee.

Where the Chairperson of the Committee is absent at a meeting, such member as the members present may elect shall preside at that meeting.

The Committee may regulate the conduct of proceedings at its meetings as it thinks fit.

The Elections Department shall, at the request of the Committee, supply the Committee with all such information, and provide the Committee with all such assistance as it requires for the purposes of the Act.

Any person belonging to the Malay community who desires to contest as such a person in any election in any group representation constituency designated under section 8A(1)(b)(i) of the Act shall, at any time after the date of the notice of the writ referred to in section 25 of the Act and at least 2 clear days before the day of nomination, apply to the Committee for a certificate in Form A in the Schedule.

Every applicant shall ensure that his application under regulation 9 is received by the Committee not later than 2 clear days before the day of nomination.

Upon receipt of any application under regulation 9, the Committee shall, if it considers that the applicant is a person belonging to the Malay community, as soon as practicable and in any case not later than the day before the day of nomination, issue to the applicant a certificate in Form B in the Schedule certifying that to be the fact.

Where the Committee does not consider that an applicant is a person belonging to the Malay community, it shall, as soon as practicable and in any case not later than the day before the day of nomination, inform the applicant accordingly.

Upon determination of any application, the Committee shall as soon as practicable notify an applicant whose application for a certificate is successful of its decision and the applicant shall collect the certificate issued to the applicant not later than the day before the day of nomination.

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The Secretary may, at any time after the date of the notice of the writ referred to in section 25 of the Act, supply Form A in the Schedule to any person requiring it.

For the purposes of these Regulations, all applications to and correspondence with the Committee shall be addressed to the Chairperson of the Committee and sent to the Secretary.