The Elections Act 1958 () is a Malaysian law which enacted to provide for the elections to the Dewan Rakyat and Dewan Undangan Negeri.
Structure The Elections Act 1958, in its current form (1 December 2011), consists of 6 Parts containing 17 sections and no schedule (including 19 amendments). Part I: Preliminary Section 1: Short title Section 2: Interpretation Part II: Supervision of Elections Section 3: Appointments of officers Section 3A: General powers and duties of Secretary, Deputy Secretary and Assistant Secretaries Section 4: Powers of officers Section 5: General powers and duties of Election Commission Part III: Constituencies Section 6: (Deleted) Section 7: Polling districts and polling centres Part IV: Registration of Electors Section 8: Appointment of officers Section 9: Preparation, publication and revision of electoral rolls Section 9A: Certified or re-certified electoral roll shall be deemed to be final Section 10: Registration in one constituency only Section 11: (Deleted) Part V: Conduct of Elections Section 12: Writs of election Section 13: Election of candidates Section 14: Use of schools and public buildings and premises as polling centres Part VI: Regulations Section 15: Power to make regulations relating to the registration of electors Section 16: Power to make regulations relating to the conduct of elections Section 17: Regulations to be laid before the Dewan Rakyat
Footnotes
References Po Jen Yap (ed). Judicial Review of Elections in Asia. (Routledge Studies in Asian Law). Routledge. 2016. pp 58 & 62. Christian Schafferer (ed). Election Campaigning in East and Southeast Asia. Ashgate. 2006. pp 55, 61, 73 & 74.
External links Elections Act 1958