Presidential Elections (Composition of Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 30 Jun 2023

No. S 473

Presidential Elections Act 1991

Presidential Elections
(Composition of Offences)
(Amendment) Regulations 2023

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 84(2) of the Presidential Elections Act 1991, the Prime Minister makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Presidential Elections (Composition of Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 and come into operation on 1 July 2023.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. In the Presidential Elections (Composition of Offences) Regulations 2005 (G.N. No. S 503/2005), in regulation 2 —

(a)

in paragraph (a), after “section”, insert “42C(1) or (2), 42E(2), 42F(2), 42G(1), 42H(1), 42I(1), 42M(2), 42N(2),”;

(b)

in paragraph (a), delete “60A(3),”;

(c)

in paragraphs (aa), (ab) and (ac), after “Act”, insert “as in force immediately before 1 June 2023”;

(d)

in paragraph (ab), after “(Rg 3)”, insert “revoked on 1 June 2023”;

(e)

in paragraphs (ac) and (c), after “Regulations”, insert “revoked on 1 June 2023”;

(f)

after paragraph (ac), insert —

“(ad)

any offence under section 60A(3) of the Act as in force immediately before 1 June 2023;”;

(g)

in paragraph (b), delete “and” at the end;

(h)

after paragraph (b), insert —

“(ba)

any corrupt practice under section 42B(1) or (2) of the Act;”;

(i)

in paragraph (c), replace the full‑stop at the end with a semi‑colon; and

(j)

after paragraph (c), insert —

“(d)	any offence under regulation 9(4), 10(1), 11(2) or 13(4) of the Presidential Elections (Election Advertising) Regulations 2023 (G.N. No. S 470/2023).”.

[G.N. Nos. S 447/2011; S 269/2017]

Made on 28 June 2023.

LEO YIP

Permanent Secretary,
Prime Minister’s Office,
Singapore.

[ELD(A)/4-15 Pt 1; AG/LEGIS/SL/240A/2005/4 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 81B(1) of the Presidential Elections Act 1991).

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