Singapore legislation

Regulation 11

of Town Councils (Polling for Lift Upgrading Works) Rules 2005

Regulation 11

Joint owners

Subregulation 1

Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), the vote of joint registered owners (including tenants in common) of a beneficiary flat may be cast by any of them in person or by proxy, and any first such vote cast shall be accepted to the exclusion of the other joint owners; but if more than one registered owner are present at the poll on a polling day, the vote of the senior owner amongst them who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the other joint owners.

Subregulation 2

In the case of tenants in common all of whom are either citizens of Singapore or Singapore corporations or both and who hold unequal shares in a beneficiary flat, the vote of the tenant in common holding the largest share and living at the commencement of the poll shall be accepted to the exclusion of the other tenants in common of that flat.

Subregulation 3

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Rules, where any one of the joint registered owners (including tenants in common) of a beneficiary flat is not a citizen of Singapore or a Singapore corporation, he shall not be entitled to vote in any poll and the vote of the joint registered owners of that flat may be cast only by any of the joint registered owners among them who is a citizen of Singapore or a Singapore corporation either in person or by proxy.

Subregulation 4

Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall apply, with the necessary modifications, to the joint registered owners who are citizens of Singapore or Singapore corporations referred to in paragraph (3).

Regulation 11 — Town Councils (Polling for Lift Upgrading Works) Rules 2005