Singapore legislation

Section 16

of Political Donations Act 2000

Section 16

Return of donations whose donors are unidentifiable

(1)

Subject to the provisions of this Act, where any anonymous donation is offered to any candidate or the candidate’s election agent, and section 14 prohibits him or her from accepting (whether wholly or in part) the donation, the following requirements must be complied with:

(a)

if the donation was transmitted by a person (other than the donor) and the person’s identity is apparent, the whole donation must be returned to that person;

(b)

if paragraph (a) does not apply but it is apparent that the donor has, in connection with the donation, used any facility provided by an identifiable financial institution, the whole donation must be returned to that financial institution;

(c)

in all other cases, the whole donation must be sent to the Registrar.

(2)

Any amount sent to the Registrar under subsection (1)(c) must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.