PAP may contravene Parliamentary Elections Act by displaying its flags in public before Nomination Day
April 21st, 2011
The PAP regime may have contravened the Parliamentary Elections Act (CHAPTER 218, SECTIONS 78, 78A AND 102) by displaying its flags in public before Nomination Day.
Netizens spotted PAP flags being planted in several estates such as Bukit Batok, Bedok, Woodlands, Toa Payoh and Kovan. One Bukit Batok resident took a snapshot of it and uploaded to TR Facebook, asking if he should report the matter to the police. (view photo here
Under the Parliamentary Elections Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
“banner” means any election advertising that is a flag, bunting, ensign or standard;
“campaign period” , in relation to an election, means the period —
(a) beginning with the closure of the place of nomination on nomination day after the election is adjourned under section 34(1)(a) or 34A(1)(a), as the case may be, of the Act to enable a poll to be taken in accordance with the Act; and
(b) ending with the start of the eve of polling day of that election;
“display” , in relation to a public place, includes display on the exterior of a vehicle (whether or not mechanically propelled) in a public place;
(Source: Singapore Statute)
Any person who commits an offence under such regulations shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months and every offence under such regulations shall be an arrestable offence within the meaning of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 (Act 15 of 2010).
Being an arrestable offence, the police can open a case on its own and arrest the person(s) planting the PAP flags on the spot without the need for a police report.
Coincidentally, Bukit Batok Neighborhood Police Post is located across the road where the above photo is taken.
The law stated very clearly that party banners and flags which are considered ‘election advertising’ can only be displayed during the campaign period starting from Nomination Day on 27 April to the eve of polling day on the 6 May. Surely the PAP ministers and MPs must be aware of the law and stop their zealous grassroots leaders to plant the party flags all over the island way before Nomination Day.
Singaporeans should write in to the Elections Department to complain against this flagrant infringement of the Parliamentary Elections Act.
The early display of PAP flags a week before Nomination Day will give unfair advantage to the incumbents. The law is drafted by the PAP itself and it must be held accountable to it.
http://www.temasekreview.com/2011/0...ng-its-flags-in-public-before-nomination-day/
April 21st, 2011
The PAP regime may have contravened the Parliamentary Elections Act (CHAPTER 218, SECTIONS 78, 78A AND 102) by displaying its flags in public before Nomination Day.
Netizens spotted PAP flags being planted in several estates such as Bukit Batok, Bedok, Woodlands, Toa Payoh and Kovan. One Bukit Batok resident took a snapshot of it and uploaded to TR Facebook, asking if he should report the matter to the police. (view photo here
Under the Parliamentary Elections Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
“banner” means any election advertising that is a flag, bunting, ensign or standard;
“campaign period” , in relation to an election, means the period —
(a) beginning with the closure of the place of nomination on nomination day after the election is adjourned under section 34(1)(a) or 34A(1)(a), as the case may be, of the Act to enable a poll to be taken in accordance with the Act; and
(b) ending with the start of the eve of polling day of that election;
“display” , in relation to a public place, includes display on the exterior of a vehicle (whether or not mechanically propelled) in a public place;
(Source: Singapore Statute)
Any person who commits an offence under such regulations shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months and every offence under such regulations shall be an arrestable offence within the meaning of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 (Act 15 of 2010).
Being an arrestable offence, the police can open a case on its own and arrest the person(s) planting the PAP flags on the spot without the need for a police report.
Coincidentally, Bukit Batok Neighborhood Police Post is located across the road where the above photo is taken.
The law stated very clearly that party banners and flags which are considered ‘election advertising’ can only be displayed during the campaign period starting from Nomination Day on 27 April to the eve of polling day on the 6 May. Surely the PAP ministers and MPs must be aware of the law and stop their zealous grassroots leaders to plant the party flags all over the island way before Nomination Day.
Singaporeans should write in to the Elections Department to complain against this flagrant infringement of the Parliamentary Elections Act.
The early display of PAP flags a week before Nomination Day will give unfair advantage to the incumbents. The law is drafted by the PAP itself and it must be held accountable to it.
http://www.temasekreview.com/2011/0...ng-its-flags-in-public-before-nomination-day/
