Maximum complaint time since occurrence or discovery
Singapore
The Presidential Election Act
PART IV GROUNDS FOR AVOIDING ELECTIONS
Time for making application
77.
—(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), everyapplication under section 71 shall be made within 21 days of the date ofpublication of the result of the election in the Gazette.
(2) An application under section 71 questioningthe return or the election upon the ground of a corrupt practice andspecifically alleging a payment of money or other act to have been made or donesince the date referred to in subsection (1) by the President whose election isquestioned or by an agent of the President or with privity of the President orany of his election agents in pursuance or in furtherance of the corruptpractice may, so far as respects that corrupt practice, be made at any timewithin 28 days after the date of the payment or act.
(3) An application under section 71 questioningthe return or the election upon an allegation of an illegal practice may, sofar as respects that illegal practice, be made within the following time:
(a) at any time before theexpiration of 14 days after the date of the publication in the Gazette of thenotice required by section 57 as to the election expenses of the Presidentwhose election is questioned; or
(b) if the applicationspecifically alleges a payment of money or other act to have been made or donesince that date by the President whose election is questioned or by an agent ofthe President or with the privity of the President or of any of his electionagents in pursuance or in furtherance of the illegal practice alleged in theapplication, the application may be made at any time within 28 days after thedate of the payment or other act.
(4) An application under section 71 made in duetime may, for the purpose of questioning the return or the election upon anallegation of a corrupt or illegal practice, be amended with the leave of anElection Judge within the time within which an application questioning thereturn or the election upon that ground may be made.
(5) For the purposes of this section, where thereis an authorised excuse for failing to make and transmit the return andstatements respecting election expenses, the date of the allowance of theexcuse or, if there was a failure in 2 or more particulars and the excuse wasallowed at different times, the date of the allowance of the last excuse shallbe substituted for the date of the publication in the Gazette of the noticementioned in subsection (3).
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