Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Bill |
Bill No. 20/2001
Read the first time on 16th March 2001. |
An Act to amend the Parliamentary Elections Act (Chapter 218 of the 1999 Revised Edition) and to make related and miscellaneous amendments to certain other written laws. |
Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows: |
Short title and commencement |
1. This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Act 2001 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint. |
Amendment of section 2 |
2. Section 2 of the Parliamentary Elections Act (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended —
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Amendment of section 5 |
Amendment of section 6 |
4. Section 6 of the principal Act is amended —
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Amendment of section 7 |
5. Section 7 of the principal Act is amended by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:
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Amendment of section 9 |
6. Section 9 of the principal Act is amended —
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Amendment of section 10 |
7. Section 10 of the principal Act is amended —
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Amendment of section 11 |
8. Section 11 of the principal Act is amended —
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New section 13A |
9. The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 13, the following section:
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Amendment of section 17 |
10. Section 17(2) of the principal Act is amended by deleting the words “to (4)” and substituting the words “to (7)”. |
New section 21A |
11. The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 21, the following section:
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Amendment of section 34 |
12. Section 34(6) of the principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (a), the following paragraphs:
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Amendment of section 34A |
13. Section 34A(6) of the principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (a), the following paragraphs:
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New section 36A |
14. The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 36, the following section:
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Amendment of section 39 |
15. Section 39 of the principal Act is amended —
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New section 39A |
16. The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 39, the following section:
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Amendment of section 40 |
17. Section 40(1) of the principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “at an election” in the 1st line, the words “not using a DRE voting system”. |
Amendment of section 43 |
18. Section 43(6) of the principal Act is amended by deleting the words “in each electoral division” in the penultimate line and substituting the words “in or near each electoral division and at such overseas registration centres”. |
Amendment of section 48A |
19. Section 48A of the principal Act is amended —
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Amendment of section 49 |
20. Section 49 of the principal Act is amended —
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New sections 49A and 49B |
21. The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 49, the following sections:
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New sections 50A to 50D |
22. The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 50, the following sections:
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Amendment of section 51 |
23. Section 51 of the principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “declared by him”, the words “under section 49(7)(a) or (7E)(a) and all the votes cast by overseas electors have been counted or after the result has been declared by him under section 49A(5), as the case may be,”. |
Amendment of section 55 |
24. Section 55 of the principal Act is amended —
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Amendment of section 56 |
25. Section 56(6) of the principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “in a ballot box” in the last line, the words “, or after the voter has been authorised to use an approved DRE voting machine to mark or record his vote and before he marks or records his vote at the machine, as the case may be”. |
Amendment of section 57 |
26. Section 57(1) of the principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “ballot paper” wherever they appear in paragraphs (a) and (b), the words “or to record his vote at a DRE voting machine”. |
Related and miscellaneous amendments to certain Acts |
27. The provisions of the Acts specified in the first column of the Schedule are amended in the manner set out in the second column thereof. |
Current Acts and Subsidiary Legislation | |
Current Acts | |
Current Subsidiary Legislation | |
All Collections | |
Acts Supplement | |
Bills Supplement | |
Subsidiary Legislation Supplement | |
Revised Editions of Acts | |
Revised Editions of Subsidiary Legislation |