Short title and commencement
1. This Act is the Parliamentary Elections (COVID-19 Special Arrangements) Act 2020 and comes into operation on a date that the Minister appoints by notification in the Gazette.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
"boarding premises", for an elector subject to a COVID-19 stay order—
- (a) means a hotel, serviced apartment, hostel, dormitory or other similar boarding premises—
- (i) from which the elector is required under the COVID-19 stay order to not leave; and
- (ii) that is not the ordinary residence of the elector in Singapore as shown in the register of electors; but
- (b) excludes a hospital, convalescent home or a similar institution;
"COVID-19" means the infectious disease known as Coronavirus Disease 2019;
"COVID-19 quarantine order" means an order under section 15(1) or (2) of the Infectious Diseases Act (Cap. 137) because of the COVID-19;
"COVID-19 stay order" means an order under the Infectious Diseases (COVID-19 Stay Orders) Regulations 2020 (G.N. No. S 182/2020) that an individual given the order must not leave a place of accommodation specified;
"election" means an election under the Parliamentary Elections Act held on or before 14 April 2021;
"nomination day", for an election in an electoral division, means—
- (a) the day of nomination of the election; or
