Electoral divisions
8. —(1) The Minister may, from time to time, by notification in the Gazette, specify the names and boundaries of the electoral divisions of Singapore for purposes of elections under this Act.
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(2) The number of electoral divisions of Singapore shall be the total number of the electoral divisions specified in the notification made under subsection (1).
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Group representation constituencies
8A. —(1) For the purposes of electing Members of Parliament on a group basis to ensure the representation in Parliament of Members from the Malay, Indian and other minority communities under this Act, the President shall, subject to this section, by order published in the Gazette —
(a) declare any electoral division, having regard to the number of electors in that division, to be a group representation constituency and designate that constituency as a constituency in which any election is to be held on the basis of a group of such number of candidates, being not less than 3 but not more than 6; and
(b) designate every group representation constituency as —
(i) a constituency where at least one of the candidates in every group shall be a person belonging to the Malay community; or
(ii) a constituency where at least one of the candidates in every group shall be a person belonging to the Indian or other minority communities.
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(1A) There shall at all times be at least 8 electoral divisions which are not group representation constituencies.
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(2) The number of Members to be returned by all group representation constituencies shall not be less than one-quarter of the total number of Members to be returned at a general election.
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(3) The number of group representation constituencies to be designated under subsection (1) (b) (i) shall be three-fifths of the total number of group representation constituencies; and where that number is not a whole number, it shall be rounded to the next higher whole number.
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Polling districts
9. —(1) Whenever any electoral division of Singapore is altered or a new division is created, the Registration Officer shall —
(a) subdivide that division into polling districts;
(b) assign to each such polling district a distinguishing letter or letters; and
(c) publish in the Gazette a notice in Form 2 in the First Schedule specifying —
(i) the polling districts into which that electoral division has been subdivided; and
(ii) the distinguishing letter or letters assigned to each such polling district.
(2) The subdivision of an electoral division into polling districts may be altered by the Registration Officer as occasion may require; and upon any such alteration being made he shall publish in the Gazette a notice specifying in relation to that electoral division the particulars mentioned in subsection (1) (c).
(3) Any alteration under subsection (1) shall come into effect on the date of the publication of the notice under section 20 (1) relating to the next certification of the register of electors for that electoral division, but the revision of the register before such certification shall be made on the basis of that alteration.
8. —(1) The Minister may, from time to time, by notification in the Gazette, specify the names and boundaries of the electoral divisions of Singapore for purposes of elections under this Act.
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(2) The number of electoral divisions of Singapore shall be the total number of the electoral divisions specified in the notification made under subsection (1).
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Group representation constituencies
8A. —(1) For the purposes of electing Members of Parliament on a group basis to ensure the representation in Parliament of Members from the Malay, Indian and other minority communities under this Act, the President shall, subject to this section, by order published in the Gazette —
(a) declare any electoral division, having regard to the number of electors in that division, to be a group representation constituency and designate that constituency as a constituency in which any election is to be held on the basis of a group of such number of candidates, being not less than 3 but not more than 6; and
(b) designate every group representation constituency as —
(i) a constituency where at least one of the candidates in every group shall be a person belonging to the Malay community; or
(ii) a constituency where at least one of the candidates in every group shall be a person belonging to the Indian or other minority communities.
[10/88; 9/91; 42/96]
(1A) There shall at all times be at least 8 electoral divisions which are not group representation constituencies.
[42/96]
(2) The number of Members to be returned by all group representation constituencies shall not be less than one-quarter of the total number of Members to be returned at a general election.
[10/88; 9/91; 42/96]
(3) The number of group representation constituencies to be designated under subsection (1) (b) (i) shall be three-fifths of the total number of group representation constituencies; and where that number is not a whole number, it shall be rounded to the next higher whole number.
[10/88]
Polling districts
9. —(1) Whenever any electoral division of Singapore is altered or a new division is created, the Registration Officer shall —
(a) subdivide that division into polling districts;
(b) assign to each such polling district a distinguishing letter or letters; and
(c) publish in the Gazette a notice in Form 2 in the First Schedule specifying —
(i) the polling districts into which that electoral division has been subdivided; and
(ii) the distinguishing letter or letters assigned to each such polling district.
(2) The subdivision of an electoral division into polling districts may be altered by the Registration Officer as occasion may require; and upon any such alteration being made he shall publish in the Gazette a notice specifying in relation to that electoral division the particulars mentioned in subsection (1) (c).
(3) Any alteration under subsection (1) shall come into effect on the date of the publication of the notice under section 20 (1) relating to the next certification of the register of electors for that electoral division, but the revision of the register before such certification shall be made on the basis of that alteration.
