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Rh ::(v) ill-health, but only if a duly qualified medical practitioner certifies in writing that the individual is unfit to attend the nomination proceedings in person as a result.

(2) Despite sections 27(3), 27B(3) and 29 of the Parliamentary Elections Act—
 * (a) the nomination papers of an aspiring candidate in subsection (1) may be delivered on his or her behalf by his or her authorised representative in accordance with this section; and
 * (b) if so delivered, the Returning Officer must not reject those nomination papers just because they are not delivered by the aspiring candidate in person.

(3) An authorised representative of an aspiring candidate or candidate at an election in an electoral division must be a citizen of Singapore who is—
 * (a) an elector who is entitled to vote at the election in the electoral division or another electoral division; and
 * (b) a donee under a power of attorney by the aspiring candidate or the candidate, authorising him or her to represent and act on behalf of the aspiring candidate or candidate nomination proceedings under the Parliamentary Elections Act.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (2), the nomination of an aspiring candidate delivered by an authorised representative must be—
 * (a) accompanied by—
 * (i) a certified copy of the power of attorney mentioned in subsection (3)(b); and
 * (ii) a copy of the COVID-19 quarantine order or COVID-19 stay order relating to the aspiring candidate, or the certificate of unfitness to attend from a duly qualified medical practitioner (as the case may be), relating to the aspiring candidate; and