Presidential Elections (Overseas Voting) Regulations 2023
Table of Contents
Enacting Formula
Part 1 PRELIMINARY
1 Citation and commencement
2 Definitions
Part 2 OVERSEAS POLLING STATIONS
Division 1 — Overseas election officers
3 Application
4 Assignment of Assistant Returning Officer
5 Assignment of presiding officers, etc.
6 Persons who cannot be overseas election officers
7 Duties of Assistant Returning Officer
8 Duties of presiding officers
9 Oath of secrecy
Division 2 — Election materials
10 List of overseas electors
11 Delivery and safekeeping of election materials
Division 3 — Conduct of poll and voting
12 Application of Act subject to this Part
13 Facilities to be provided at overseas polling station
14 List of overseas electors to be conclusive of right to vote at overseas polling station
15 Admission to overseas polling station
16 Poll to be by ballot and ballot papers
17 Ballot boxes
18 Manner of voting
19 Spoilt ballot papers
20 Tendered votes
21 Procedure on closing of poll
22 Supplementary provisions about polling agents
Part 3 POSTAL VOTING METHOD
23 Forms of postal voting papers
24 Postal elector number and QR code
25 Prescribed website under section 36F(3)(b) of Act
26 Manner of application for and issue of postal voting papers in electronic form
27 Manner of application for and issue of printed postal voting papers
28 Procedure for postal voting method
29 Receipt of delivery of return envelope by Returning Officer
30 Safe custody of all return envelopes, etc.
Part 4 COUNTING OVERSEAS VOTES
31 Application of Act subject to this Part
32 Custody of overseas votes
33 Maximum number of counting agents
34 Maximum number of counting agents at areas demarcated for pre-count examination of postal voting papers
35 Supplementary provisions for authenticating postal voting papers during pre-count examination
36 Opening of ballot boxes from overseas polling stations
37 Counting of votes by overseas electors
38 Recounting of overseas votes
Part 5 POST-ELECTION PROCEDURES
39 Expunging names of non-voters