Parliamentary Elections Act 1954

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3 Appointment of officers

4 Appointment of clerks and interpreters

5 Qualification of electors

6 Disqualification of electors

8 Electoral divisions

8A Group representation constituencies

10 Registration of electors

11 Claims and objections

12 Appeals to Revising Officer

13 Certification of registers

13A Registration as overseas elector

14 Revision of registers

15 Method of revising register

16 Claims and objections at revision of register

17 Application of section 13 to revised register

18 Notices and adjournments

19 Persons residing in building located on common boundary

20 Notice of certification of register and commencement and period of operation

20A Redistribution of polling districts, etc.

21 Penalty for false statements and wrongful claims

21A Use of registers of electors

22 Number of Members to be returned for each electoral division and group representation constituency

23 Assistant Returning Officers

25 Notice of time and place of election

26 Failure of election

27 Nomination papers

27A Election of Members on group basis in group representation constituencies

27B Nomination papers for elections in group representation constituencies

27C Committee to determine whether prospective candidate is Malay or other racial minority

28 Deposits by candidates

29 Proceedings on nomination day

29A Amendment of nomination papers

30 Objections to nomination papers

31 Persons entitled to be present during nomination proceedings

32 Withdrawal of candidature

32A Multiple nominations

33 Uncontested elections

34 Contested elections

34A Contested elections in group representation constituencies

35 Polling day at general election to be public holiday

36 Presiding officers

36A Polling places and polling stations

37 Facilities to be provided at polling stations

38 Registers of electors to be conclusive evidence of right to vote

39 Admittance to polling station

40 Poll by ballot and ballot papers

40A Candidates’ photographs on ballot papers

43 Compulsory voting

44 Declarations by voters

45 Spoilt ballot papers

47A Special polling arrangements to meet voting needs of certain voters

47B Voting at special polling station in lieu of voting at ordinary polling station

47C Regulations relating to special polling arrangements

48 Procedure on closing of poll

49B Recounting of votes

50 Votes to be rejected

50A Approval of DRE voting systems

50B Approval of DRE voting machines and equipment

50C Pre-poll testing of DRE voting system, etc.

50D DRE voting system procedures generally

51 Publication of result and statement of poll in Gazette

52 Election of non-constituency Members in certain circumstances

53 Failure to take Oath of Allegiance by non-constituency Member

54 Failure to comply with provisions of this Act

56 Maintenance of secrecy at elections

56A Voting at overseas polling station

56B Postal voting by overseas electors designated as postal voters

56C Pre-count examination of postal voting papers

56D Counting of votes by overseas electors

56E Ascertaining final results

56F Regulations for voting in overseas polling stations and postal voting

56G Other offences connected with postal voting

61 Punishment and incapacities for corrupt practice

61A Objects of this Division

61B Published-by requirements

61C Election advertising ban during cooling-off period

61D Exceptions to cooling-off period election advertising ban

61E Certain traditional election advertising banned before nomination day

61F Online election advertising, etc., in campaign period

61G Traditional election advertising in campaign period

61H Maximum permissible number for traditional election advertising displayed

61I Permissible locations for traditional election advertising display

61J Restricted signage zone of polling station in Singapore

61K Unauthorised third party online election advertising

61L Unauthorised third party non-online election advertising

61M Ban on foreigners, etc., publishing or displaying election advertising

61N Corrective directions for online election advertising

61O Removal and confiscation of traditional election advertising, etc.

61R Election advertising regulations

61S Supplementary interpretive provisions for election advertising controls

62 Appointment of election agent

63 Person convicted of corrupt practice, etc., not to be appointed election agent

64 Making of contracts through election agent

65 Payment of expenses through election agent

66 Period for sending in claims and making payments for election expenses

67 Remuneration of election agent

68 Expenses which may be paid otherwise than by election agents

69 Expenses in excess of maximum to be illegal practice

70 Certain expenditure to be illegal practice

71 Use of motor vehicles at elections

72 Certain employment to be illegal

73 Saving for creditors

73A Post-election declaration by candidates

74 Return and declaration respecting election expenses

74A Corrections to returns respecting election expenses, etc.

75 Publication of receipt of return, etc.

75A Supporting documents, etc., for returns respecting election expenses

76 Employers to allow employees reasonable period for voting

77 Badges, symbols, etc., prohibited on polling day and eve of polling day

78C Blackout period for election survey results

78D Exit polls ban on polling day

78E Defence for section 78C or 78D offence

79 Punishment for conviction for illegal practice

80 Prohibition of canvassing on polling day and eve of polling day

80A Restrictions on election meetings

81 Prohibition of dissuasion from voting

82 Undue influence at or near polling station

83 Persons prohibited from conducting election activity

84 Unlawful assembly

85 Offence to operate loudspeaker

86 Report exonerating candidate in certain cases of corrupt and illegal practice by agents

87 Power of election court to except innocent act from being illegal practice, etc.

87A Authorised excuse for non-compliance with section 73A

88 Authorised excuse for non-compliance with provisions as to return and statements respecting election expenses

89 Avoidance by conviction of candidate

90 Application for avoidance of election on certain grounds

91 Proceedings in respect of qualification

92 Appointment and powers of Election Judge

93 Who may make application under section 90

94 Relief which may be claimed

95 Certificate of Election Judge as to validity of election

96 Report of Election Judge as to corrupt or illegal practice

97 Time for making application

98 Prohibition of disclosure of vote

99 Votes to be struck off at scrutiny

100 Procedure and practice on applications under section 90

101 Rejection of ballot paper by Returning Officer not to be questioned

102 Minister may make regulations

102A Regulations relating to crisis management at election

102B Presentation to Parliament, etc.

103 Inaccurate description of persons and places

104 Publication of notices, etc.

105 Names of candidates

106 Use of schools as polling stations

108 Corporate offenders and unincorporated associations

109 Composition of offences

110 Service of documents

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