Mode of application
5.—(1)  An application in person to be registered as an overseas elector for any electoral division may be made by lodging a duly completed Form 1 in the Schedule —
(a)at the office of the Registration Officer in Singapore;
(b)at any overseas registration centre; or
(c)at any place specified in the notice under section 10(3) or 15(2) of the Act of the completion of the register or (as the case may be) revised register of electors for that electoral division,
at any time before a writ of election is issued for any election in that electoral division.
(2)  To apply by post to be registered as an overseas elector for any electoral division, a person must —
(a)complete and sign Form 1 in the Schedule; and
(b)send it by registered post addressed to the office of the Registration Officer in Singapore, or an overseas registration centre, so that the Registration Officer or the overseas registration centre, as the case may be, receives it before a writ of election is issued for any election in that electoral division.
(2A)  To apply to be registered as an overseas elector for any electoral division using the electronic system provided by the Government for this purpose, a person must complete and submit a web-based form of Form 1 made available on the Registration Officer’s Internet website at http://www.elections.gov.sg, in accordance with the instructions accompanying the form or of the electronic system so that the Registration Officer receives it before a writ of election is issued for any election in that electoral division.
(2B)  No person whose application to be registered as an overseas elector for an electoral division is received after a writ of election is issued for an election in the electoral division shall be registered as an overseas elector for that electoral division until after nomination day or, if a poll is to be taken, until after polling day of that election.
(3)  The Registration Officer may reject any application to be registered as an overseas elector if —
(a)the application is incomplete or not made in accordance with these Regulations; or
(b)the applicant, upon a request to furnish such additional information as the Registration Officer may require under section 13A(2) of the Act, fails to comply with the Registration Officer’s request.
(4)  Paragraph (3) shall apply without prejudice to any other ground on which the Registration Officer may refuse to register any person as an overseas elector.