Presidential Elections (Forms and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2017

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Presidential Elections (Forms and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and come into operation on 1 June 2017.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2 of the Presidential Elections (Forms and Fees) Regulations (Rg 1) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations) is amended by deleting paragraph (2) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(2) For the purposes of section 7 of the Act —

(a)	if the election is not a reserved election, a notice of the issue of a writ of election must be in Form P2 in the Schedule; and
(b)	if the election is a reserved election, a notice of the issue of a writ of election must be in Form P3 in the Schedule.”.

Deletion and substitution of regulation 3 and new regulation 3A

3. Regulation 3 of the principal Regulations is deleted and the following regulations substituted therefor:

“Nomination paper

3. For the purposes of section 9(3) of the Act, the nomination paper must be in Form P4 in the Schedule.

Statutory declaration that intending candidate does not belong to any community

3A. For the purposes of section 9(4)(d)(ii)(B) of the Act, the statutory declaration must be in Form P5 in the Schedule.”.

Deletion of regulation 6

4. Regulation 6 of the principal Regulations is deleted.

Amendment of Schedule

5. The Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting Forms P2 and P3 and substituting the following Forms:

“FORM P2

Section 7

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS ACT
(CHAPTER 240A)

NOTICE OF ELECTION OF
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE

The Prime Minister having issued his writ for the election of the President of the Republic of Singapore, the Returning Officer will on 20 , between 11 a.m. and 12 noon at , SINGAPORE , proceed to the nomination and, if there is no opposition, to the election of the President of the Republic of Singapore.

Forms of nomination papers may be obtained at the office of the Returning Officer between the hours of and daily except on Saturday when the office closes at (Sunday excepted).

Every nomination paper must be signed by any 6 or more persons whose names appear in any current register of electors and be handed to the Returning Officer between 11 a.m. and 12 noon on nomination day.

A nomination paper for the nomination of a person is invalid and may not be acted upon by the Returning Officer, unless the nomination paper contains or is accompanied by —

(a)	the consent in writing of the person;

(b)	a deposit of * in cash, or a bank draft or a certified cheque for that amount;

(c)	a statutory declaration by the person for the purposes of section 9(3)(c) of the Presidential Elections Act;

(d)	a political donation certificate issued to the person by the Registrar of Political Donations under section 18(4) of the Political Donations Act (Cap. 236);

(e)	a certificate of eligibility issued to the person by the Presidential Elections Committee;

(f)	if the person applied for a community certificate, either —

(i)	a community certificate issued to him; or

(ii)	the written decision of the Community Committee rejecting the application; and

(g)	if the person submitted a community declaration but did not apply for a community certificate —

(i)	the Community Committee’s written notification that the community declaration is accepted; and

(ii)	a statutory declaration that he does not consider himself to be a member of the Chinese community, the Malay community or the Indian or other minority communities.

The office of the Returning Officer is situated at the Elections Department, 11 Prinsep Link, Singapore 187949.

Dated:

_________________
Returning Officer,
Singapore.

*	A sum equal to 3 times the amount of deposit mentioned in section 28(1) of the Parliamentary Elections Act (Cap. 218).

FORM P3

Section 7

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS ACT
(CHAPTER 240A)

NOTICE OF ELECTION OF
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE

The Prime Minister having issued his writ for the election of the President of the Republic of Singapore, the Returning Officer will on 20 , between 11 a.m. and 12 noon at , SINGAPORE , proceed to the nomination and, if there is no opposition, to the election of the President of the Republic of Singapore.

By virtue of Article 19B(1) of the Constitution, read with [the applicable provisions in section 5A or 5B] of and the Schedule to the Presidential Elections Act, the election under the writ is reserved for *the Chinese community/the Malay community/the Indian and other minority communities.

Forms of nomination papers may be obtained at the office of the Returning Officer between the hours of and daily except on Saturday when the office closes at (Sunday excepted).

Every nomination paper must be signed by any 6 or more persons whose names appear in any current register of electors and be handed to the Returning Officer between 11 a.m. and 12 noon on nomination day.

A nomination paper for the nomination of a person is invalid and may not be acted upon by the Returning Officer, unless the nomination paper contains or is accompanied by —

(a)	the consent in writing of the person;

(b)	a deposit of ** in cash, or a bank draft or a certified cheque for that amount;

(c)	a statutory declaration by the person for the purposes of section 9(3)(c) of the Presidential Elections Act;

(d)	a political donation certificate issued to the person by the Registrar of Political Donations under section 18(4) of the Political Donations Act (Cap. 236);

(e)	a certificate of eligibility issued to the person by the Presidential Elections Committee; and

(f)	a community certificate issued by the Community Committee stating that the person belongs to *the Chinese community/the Malay community/the Indian community/the other minority communities.

The office of the Returning Officer is situated at the Elections Department, 11 Prinsep Link, Singapore 187949.

Dated:

_________________
Returning Officer,
Singapore.

* Delete whichever is inapplicable.

** A sum equal to 3 times the amount of deposit mentioned in section 28(1) of the Parliamentary Elections Act (Cap. 218).

FORM P4

Section 9(3)

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS ACT
(CHAPTER 240A)

NOMINATION PAPER

SECTION A: TO BE COMPLETED BY PERSONS NOMINATING

DETAILS OF NOMINEE

NAME
(in block letters)

NRIC NO.

SEX
(Please circle)

OCCUPATION

M

F

DETAILS OF PERSONS NOMINATING

We, the undersigned registered electors, do nominate the abovenamed person to be a candidate for election as the President of the Republic of Singapore:

NAME

NRIC NO.

SIGNATURE

PROPOSER

SECONDER

ASSENTOR 1

ASSENTOR 2

ASSENTOR 3

ASSENTOR 4

ASSENTOR 5

ASSENTOR 6

ASSENTOR 7

ASSENTOR 8

SECTION B: DECLARATION TO BE COMPLETED BY NOMINEE

I, the person nominated in Section A, do solemnly and sincerely declare that —

(a)	I am duly qualified to be elected as the President of the Republic of Singapore;

(b)	I consent to this nomination as candidate for election as the President of the Republic of Singapore;

(c)	I am not a member of any political party; and

(d)	I have read the explanatory material provided by the Returning Officer and understand the President’s role under the Constitution, and in particular that —

(i)	the President is the Head of State and the symbol of national unity;

(ii)	it is also the function of the President to safeguard the reserves of Singapore and the integrity of the Public Services of Singapore, in accordance with the specific discretionary powers conferred on the President by the Constitution; and

(iii)

the President must exercise his functions according to the advice of the Cabinet, except where the Constitution otherwise provides.

And I make this solemn declaration by virtue of the Oaths and Declarations Act (Cap. 211), and subject to the penalties provided by that Act for the making of false statements in statutory declarations, conscientiously believing the statements contained in this declaration to be true in every particular.

.................................................................................
Signature of Nominee

Dated................................. 20......

Before Me

…………………………………..…………...
Name of Commissioner for Oaths/
Justice of the Peace (in block letters)

…………………………………………………
Signature of Commissioner for Oaths/
Justice of the Peace

I, the nominee, can be contacted at

Address:

Contact Number:

Email address:

FORM P5

Section 9(4)(d)(ii)(B)

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS ACT
(CHAPTER 240A)

STATUTORY DECLARATION
THAT NOMINEE DOES NOT BELONG
TO ANY COMMUNITY

I ............................... (NRIC No. ........................), do solemnly and sincerely declare for the purposes of section 9(4)(d)(ii)(B) of the Act that I do not consider myself to be a member of the Chinese community, the Malay community or the Indian or other minority communities.

And I make this solemn declaration by virtue of the Oaths and Declarations Act (Cap. 211), and subject to the penalties provided by that Act for the making of false statements in statutory declarations, conscientiously believing the statements contained in this declaration to be true in every particular.

...................
Date

.............................................................................
Signature

”;

(b)

by deleting Forms P7 and P8 and substituting the following Form:

“FORM P7

Section 23

FACE OF BALLOT PAPER

”; and

(c)

by deleting Forms P9, P10 and P11 and substituting the following Forms:

“FORM P9

Section 27(1)

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS ACT
(CHAPTER 240A)

DECLARATION BY VOTER

PARTICULARS OF VOTER

Name (in block letters)

NRIC No.

Address (as shown in NRIC)

Polling District and Serial Number of Voter shown in the Register of Electors

Polling District

Voter Serial No.

I, the abovenamed person, declare that I am the same person whose name appears as ………………………………………………………… in the Register of Electors in force for the Electoral Division of ………….…………………………………………… and that I have not already voted either here or elsewhere at this election.

……………………………….….……..…...
Signature or thumb mark of Voter.

Declared before me on .............................….

…………………………….
Name of Presiding Officer.

……………………
Polling Place No.

………………………………….……....
Signature of Presiding Officer.

FORM P10

Section 29(1)

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS ACT
(CHAPTER 240A)

OATH OF IDENTITY

PARTICULARS OF VOTER

Name (in block letters)

NRIC No.

Address (as shown in NRIC)

Polling District and Serial Number of Voter shown in the Register of Electors

Polling District

Voter Serial No.

I, the abovenamed person, swear/affirm that I am the same person whose name appears as ………………………………………………………… in the Register of Electors in force for the Electoral Division of ………….…………………………………………… and that I have not already voted either here or elsewhere at this election.

……………………………………….……..…
Signature or thumb mark of Voter.

Sworn/Affirmed before me on .............................….

.…………….…….……..…
Name of Presiding Officer.

.….………………
Polling Place No.

………………………………….………....
Signature of Presiding Officer.

FORM P11

Section 32(8A)(b)

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS ACT
(CHAPTER 240A)

RECORD OF COUNTING

Electoral Division:

GARO Centre:

Counting Centre:

Counting Place No.:

For counting of votes cast at the following Polling Station(s):

Number of Ballot Papers Issued for the Poll at the above Polling Station(s)

Number of Ballot Papers cast for

Name of Candidate

Symbol

Count

Recount
(if applicable)

Total Number of Ballot Papers cast for the above Candidates

Number of Rejected Ballot Papers

Total Number of Ballot Papers found in the ballot boxes from the above Polling Station(s)

Total Number of Electors in the Register of Electors used at the Poll at the above Polling Station(s)

Date and time of announcement of results to candidate(s)/counting agent(s) in attendance:

Count

Recount (if applicable)

Date: ………………. Time: ………..

I certify that the above record of counting of votes is correct.

I certify that the above record of recounting of votes is correct.

..……………………….....................……
Name of Assistant Returning Officer

..……………………….....................……………
Signature of Assistant Returning Officer

Date: ……………….

”.

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