Singapore legislation

Regulation 9

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

Regulation 9

Voting value in votes

Subregulation 1

In a poll relating to any building within a precinct, the vote of each registered owner entitled to vote at that poll shall have a voting value as follows:

(a)

where the HDB is the registered owner — one, notwithstanding it being the common registered owner of more than one beneficiary flat within that building; and

(b)

in the case of any other registered owner — a number equal to the number of leases the HDB has granted to the registered owner in respect of his beneficiary flat or flats within the building.

Subregulation 2

In this rule, any reference to a lease granted by the HDB to any registered owner shall include a reference to an agreement for a lease entered into by the HDB with that registered owner.