Singapore legislation

Regulation 23

of Professional Engineers Board Rules 1991

Regulation 23

Counting of votes

Subregulation 1

Subject to rules 15 and 16, the returning officer must —

(a)

cause the votes given to each candidate to be counted, whether manually or by mechanical or electronic means; and

(b)

declare the following candidates to be elected:

(i)

firstly, the 3 candidates from the branches of civil engineering, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering who each has the highest number of votes among the candidates in his or her respective branch of engineering; (ii)thereafter, the remaining candidates with the highest numbers of votes among all the candidates in the election, to fill the remaining vacancies.

Subregulation 2

If there is an equality of votes, the successful candidate or candidates must be determined by drawing lots.

Subregulation 3

The returning officer must cause a notice to be sent to every registered professional engineer informing him or her of the results of the election.

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