Singapore legislation
Section 68
Section 68
Expenses which may be paid otherwise than by election agents
(1)
The candidate at an election may pay any personal expenses incurred by him or her on account of or in connection with or incidental to the election to an amount not exceeding $1,000, but any further personal expenses so incurred by the candidate must be paid by the candidate’s election agent.
(2)
The candidate must send to the election agent within the time limited by this Act for sending in claims a written statement of the amount of personal expenses paid by the candidate.
(3)
The personal expenses of a candidate include his or her reasonable travelling expenses, and the reasonable expenses of his or her living at hotels or elsewhere for the purposes of the election.
(4)
If so authorised in writing by the election agent of a candidate (called in this subsection candidate A) —
any person may pay any necessary expense for stationery, postage, telephonic communication (or any other similar means of communication) and other petty expenses; or
the political party for whom candidate A is standing for election (or an officer of the party authorised by the party to act on its behalf) may pay any expenses incurred on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of the election of candidate A,to a total amount not exceeding that named in the authority, but any excess above the total amount so named must be paid by the election agent of candidate A.