Elector to declare name, etc.
22.—(1)  On arriving at any overseas polling station intending to vote at an election, every voter who is an overseas elector —
(a)shall give his name to the presiding officer; and
(b)shall, on request, give his name to a polling agent of the candidate.
(2)  An Assistant Returning Officer, a presiding officer, clerk, candidate or candidate’s polling agent who has doubts concerning the identity of any person intending to vote may request that the person show satisfactory proof of his identity and if the Assistant Returning Officer or a presiding officer considers necessary, require the person to make and subscribe to all or any of the declarations referred to in section 27(1) of the Act.
(3)  A person who refuses —
(a)to show satisfactory proof of identity;
(b)to make any declaration required under paragraph (2); or
(c)to reply to a question regarding his entitlement to vote at any particular overseas polling station,
shall not receive a ballot paper or be admitted to vote or be again admitted to an overseas polling station.
(4)  Section 27(4) of the Act applies to a declaration required under paragraph (2) and for this purpose, the reference to a declaration in section 27(4) is a reference to a declaration required under that paragraph.
[S 265/2017 wef 01/06/2017]