Long Title

Part I PRELIMINARY

Part II REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS AND REVISION OF REGISTERS

Part III ELECTIONS

UNCONTESTED ELECTIONS

CONTESTED ELECTIONS

POSTPONEMENT AND ADJOURNMENT OF ELECTIONS

CORRUPT PRACTICES

ELECTION AGENT, ELECTION EXPENSES AND ILLEGAL PRACTICES

EXCUSE FOR CORRUPT AND ILLEGAL PRACTICE

GROUNDS FOR AVOIDING ELECTIONS

Part IV APPLICATIONS FOR AVOIDANCE OF ELECTION

Part V GENERAL

FIRST SCHEDULE Forms

SECOND SCHEDULE Directions for guidance of voters in voting

THIRD SCHEDULE Election expenses

FOURTH SCHEDULE Parliamentary Elections (Application for Avoidance of Election) Rules

Legislative History

Comparative Table

Facilities to be provided at polling stations
37.
—(1)  Outside each polling station, there shall be affixed in a conspicuous place by the presiding officer before the commencement of the poll a notice showing the name of each candidate in English, Malay, Chinese and Tamil, and the symbol allotted to the candidate under section 34.
(2)  The names of the candidates shall be arranged alphabetically in English in the order of their surnames, and if there are 2 or more candidates with the same surname, of their other names.
(3)  Subsections (1) and (2) shall not apply to any election in any group representation constituency.
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(4)  Outside each polling station in any group representation constituency, there shall be affixed in a conspicuous place by the presiding officer before the commencement of the poll a notice showing the names of the candidates in each group in English, Malay, Chinese and Tamil, and the symbol allotted to each group under section 34A.
(5)  The names of the candidates in each group shall be arranged alphabetically in English in the order of their surnames, and if there are 2 or more candidates with the same surname, of their other names.
(6)  The groups of candidates shall be arranged alphabetically in English in the order of the surnames of the first candidates in each group and if there are 2 or more such candidates with the same surname, of their other names.
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(7)  It shall be the duty of the Returning Officer to provide at each polling station reasonable facilities for the electors allotted to that station to enable them to mark their votes screened from observation and to vote in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
(8)  The Returning Officer shall determine, or may authorise the presiding officer or senior presiding officer to determine, in what manner those facilities shall be distributed among the electors entitled to vote at that station.
(9)  An election shall not be questioned by reason of non-compliance with subsection (7) or (8) or any informality relative to polling stations.