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... Use of languages in Parliament Until the Legislature otherwise provides, all debates and discussions in Parliament shall be conducted in Malay, English, Mandarin or Tamil. ...

... Group representation constituencies The Legislature may, in order to ensure the representation in Parliament of Members from the Malay, Indian and other minority communities, by law make provision for — any constituency to be declared by the President, having regard to the number of electors in that constituency, as a group representation constituency to enable any election in that constituency to be held on a basis of a group of not less than 3 but not more than 6 candidates; and the qualifications, in addition to those in Article 44, of persons who may be eligible for any election in group representation constituencies, including the requirements referred to in clause (2). Any law made under clause (1) shall provide for — the President to designate every group representation constituency — as a constituency where at least one of the candidates in every group shall be a person belonging to the Malay community; or as a constituency where at least one of the candidates in every group shall be a person belonging to the Indian or other minority communities; the establishment of — a committee to determine whether a person desiring to be a candidate belongs to the Malay community; and a committee to determine whether a person desiring to be a candidate belongs to the Indian or other minority communities, for the purpose of any election in group representation constituencies; all the candidates in every group to be either members of the same political party standing for election for that political party or independent candidates standing as a group; the minimum and maximum number of Members to be returned by all group representation constituencies at a general election; and the number of group representation constituencies to be designated under paragraph ( a )(i). No provision of any law made pursuant to this Article shall be invalid on the ground of inconsistency with Article 12 or be considered to be a differentiating measure under Article 78. In this Article — election means an election for the purpose of electing a Member of Parliament; group means a group of not less than 3 but not more than 6 candidates nominated for any election in any group representation constituency; person belonging to the Malay community means any person, whether of the Malay race or otherwise, who considers himself to be a member of the Malay community and who is generally accepted as a member of the Malay community by that community; person belonging to the Indian or other minority communities means any person of Indian origin who considers himself to be a member of the Indian community and who is generally accepted as a member of the Indian community by that community, or any person who belongs to any minority community other than the Malay or Indian community. ...

... Qualifications for membership of Parliament Members of Parliament shall be persons qualified for election or for appointment in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution and elected in the manner provided by or under any law for the time being in force in Singapore or appointed in accordance with the provisions of the Fourth Schedule. A person shall be qualified to be elected or appointed as a Member of Parliament if — he is a citizen of Singapore; he is of the age of 21 years or above on the day of nomination; his name appears in a current register of electors; he is resident in Singapore at the date of his nomination for election and has been so resident for periods amounting in the aggregate to not less than 10 years prior to that date; he is able, with a degree of proficiency sufficient to enable him to take an active part in the proceedings of Parliament, to speak and, unless incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause, to read and write at least one of the following languages, that is to say, English, Malay, Mandarin and Tamil; and he is not disqualified from being a Member of Parliament under Article 45. Any question whether any person possesses the qualifications mentioned in clause (2)( e ) shall be determined in such manner as may be prescribed by or under any law for the time being in force in Singapore or, in so far as not so prescribed, as may be provided by order made by the President and published in the Gazette . ...