A quick photo tour of Sam’s birthday Quiche

The Dough for the Crust

The First Layer – Bacon, Tomato and CHEESE

Just before baking. The top’s been filled with an egg and milk mix batter

The finished Product cooling on my window sill.

I love Le Creuset, NO regrets buying it.

Recipe from: BBC

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Just received my Poll Card today (29th April) and realised that as a Commonwealth Citizen I can vote in UK elections. Did some research and I will exercise my right to vote in the upcoming election on June 4th. This is so cool because it’ll be my first ever election. It’ll be during exam time but I know I will take the time to do it. When you’re suddenly enfranchised, you feel the odd urge to exercise said franchisement.

After my comment previously on Twitter: here. People mentioned that if I was to vote in the election, I may get my name permanently stricken off the electoral register in Singapore. With some cursory exploration online on the Statutes Database, I happened upon the Parliamentary Elections Act, in particular this section,

Disqualification of electors
6. —(1) No person shall be entitled to have his name entered or retained in any register of electors if he —

(a) has done any of the following:

(i) acquired or applied to acquire by registration, naturalisation or other voluntary and formal act (other than marriage) the citizenship of any country outside Singapore;

(ii) voluntarily claimed and exercised any rights (other than any rights in connection with the use of a passport) available to him under the law of any country outside Singapore being rights accorded exclusively to the citizens or nationals of that country;

(iii) taken any oath or made any declaration or acknowledgment of allegiance, obedience or adherence to any foreign power or state; or

(iv) applied to the authorities of a place outside Singapore for the issue or renewal of a passport or used a passport issued by such authorities as a travel document;

The particular bit that pertains to me is of course Sub-sub section (ii). Does this qualify though? Particularly because these elections and ALL british elections are open to ALL members of the Commonwealth. Are there any Singaporean constitutional lawyers out there who can help me out?

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