Singapore legislation

Regulation 49

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

Regulation 49

Voting offences

Subregulation 1

Any person who —

(a)

votes in person at a poll on any proposal knowing that the person appointed as his proxy at the poll has already voted in person at the poll in respect of that same proposal; (b)votes as proxy for any person at a poll on any proposal knowing that that person has already voted in person at the poll in respect of that same proposal; or

(c)

votes in person, or as proxy on behalf of a registered owner, or as a representative of a registered owner who is a company, more than once in the same poll and on the same proposal,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.

Subregulation 2

In this rule, “proposal” means a proposal to carry out lift upgrading works in a building within a precinct.

Regulation 49 — Town Councils (Polling for Lift Upgrading Works) Rules 2005