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- (d) for the sole purpose of voting at a special polling station allotted to the elector under section 5(2)(b) or (5)(b); and
- (e) in the case of paragraph (b) or (c), in compliance with the directions of a presiding officer at that special polling station or given by or on behalf of the Returning Officer.
Special polling stations
5.—(1) This section applies where—
- (a) a poll is required under the Parliamentary Elections Act in an electoral division; and
- (b) the Returning Officer is aware that 2 or more individuals residing in one or more boarding premises—
- (i) are electors entitled to vote at the election in the electoral division; and
- (ii) are or will be each subject to a COVID-19 stay order on the polling day of the election and required to not leave the boarding premises.
(2) The Returning Officer—
- (a) may establish in any of the following premises, polling stations specially for voting by electors subject to COVID-19 stay orders to not leave a boarding premises:
- (i) any boarding premises the electors are required to not leave;
- (ii) any other suitable premises in Singapore; and
- (b) must allot those electors subject to COVID-19 stay orders to not leave a boarding premises to the special polling stations in paragraph (a) in any manner the Returning Officer considers expedient.
(3) A special polling station established under subsection (2)—
- (a) comprises an area, within a boarding premises or other suitable premises, that is demarcated by or under the authority of the Returning Officer to be a special polling station; and
