Singapore legislation
Clause 56
Clause 56
Return and declaration respecting election expenses
(1)
Within 31 days after the date of publication of the result of an election in the Gazette, the election agent of every candidate at that election shall transmit to the Returning Officer a true return (referred to in this Act as the return respecting election expenses), in the prescribed form, containing detailed statements as respects the candidate of —
all payments made by the election agent together with all the bills and receipts referred to in section 47(1), which bills and receipts are in this Act included in the expression “return respecting election expenses”, and the dates of payment of all sums for which no receipt is attached;
the amount of personal expenses, if any, paid by the candidate;
the disputed claims so far as the election agent is aware;
all unpaid claims, if any, of which the election agent is aware in respect of which application has been made or is about to be made to an Election Judge or Judge of the Supreme Court;
all moneys, securities and other valuable considerations received by or promised to the election agent from or by any candidate or any other person for the purpose of expenses incurred or to be incurred on account or in respect of the management of the election, naming every person from whom the sum may have been received or by whom the sum may have been promised, showing as to each sum whether it was received as contribution, loan, deposit or otherwise.
(2)
The return respecting election expenses shall be signed by the election agent and shall be accompanied by a statement made by the candidate and his election agent in the prescribed forms and shall be on oath before a Justice of the Peace or a commissioner for oaths.
(3)
Any candidate or election agent who fails to comply with the requirements of subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an illegal practice and the provisions of this section shall be in addition to and not in derogation of section 42.