Singapore legislation

Regulation 5

of Architects (Election of Board Members) Rules 2005

Regulation 5

Nominations

Subregulation 1

Every practising architect who desires to nominate a candidate for election as a member of the Board must —

(a)

enter his or her own name as proposer and sign on the nomination paper mentioned in rule 4(2);

(b)

enter on the nomination paper the name of the candidate and have the consent of the candidate endorsed thereon;

(c)

enter on the nomination paper the name of 4 seconders for the candidate and have the signatures of the seconders endorsed thereon; and

(d)

submit the nomination paper in the manner fixed by the returning officer under rule 4(1)(a) together with any information concerning the candidate that the returning officer may require.

Subregulation 2

No person other than a practising architect may propose or second the nomination of any candidate.

Subregulation 3

A proposer must not nominate more candidates in any election than the number of vacancies to be filled in that election.