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FOREIGN INTERFERENCE (COUNTERMEASURES)
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presidential election, under section 6 of the Presidential Elections Act 1991.

(2) A reference in this Act to the results of an election being published is a reference to—

(a) for a parliamentary election, the date that either of the following is published in the Gazette, whichever being applicable to that election:
(i) the notice required by section 33(1)(b) of the Parliamentary Elections Act 1954, containing the name or names of the nominated candidate or the group of candidates declared elected;
(ii) the statement of the poll and the name or names of the person or persons elected as Member or Members of Parliament at that election required by section 51 of the Parliamentary Elections Act 1954 to be published; and
(b) for a presidential election, the date that either of the following is published in the Gazette, whichever being applicable to that election:
(i) the notice required by section 15(1)(b) of the Presidential Elections Act 1991, containing the name of the nominated candidate declared elected as President;
(ii) the statement of the poll and the name of the person elected to the office of President required by section 34 of the Presidential Elections Act 1991 to be published.

(3) In this Act—

“Air Navigation Act 1966” includes the Air Navigation Act (Cap. 6, 2014 Ed.) until it is revised and citable by the short title “the Air Navigation Act 1966”;
“Broadcasting Act 1994” includes the Broadcasting Act (Cap. 28, 2012 Ed.) until it is revised and citable by the short title “the Broadcasting Act 1994”;