Parliamentary Elections (Designation of Group Representation Constituencies) Order 2015

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 24 Jul 2015

No. S 445

Parliamentary Elections Act

(CHAPTER 218)

Parliamentary Elections (Designation of Group
Representation Constituencies) Order 2015

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 8A(1)(b) of the Parliamentary Elections Act, the President makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Parliamentary Elections (Designation of Group Representation Constituencies) Order 2015 and comes into operation on 24 July 2015.

Designation of group representation constituencies

2. Each group representation constituency specified —

(a)	in Part 1 of the Schedule is designated under section 8A(1)(b)(i) of the Act as a constituency where at least one of the candidates in each group for election must be a person belonging to the Malay community; and
(b)	in Part 2 of the Schedule is designated under section 8A(1)(b)(ii) of the Act as a constituency where at least one of the candidates in each group for election must be a person belonging to the Indian or other minority communities.

Revocation

3. The Parliamentary Elections (Designation of Group Representation Constituencies) Order 2011 (G.N. No. S 87/2011) is revoked.

Made on 24 July 2015.

By Command,

TAN KEE YONG

Secretary to the Cabinet,
Singapore.

[ELD(A)/4-18 Vol. 3; AG/LEGIS/SL/218/2015/2 Vol. 1]

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