Clause 6

by deleting paragraph (c) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:“(c)publishes or causes to be published any election advertising during the period beginning with the day the writ of election is issued for an election and ending on the eve of polling day at the election which —

in the case of election advertising that is, or is contained in, a printed document, does not bear on its face or, if there is more than one side of printed matter, on the first or last page of the document, the names and addresses of its printer, its publisher and the person for whom or at whose direction the election advertising is published; or

in the case of any other election advertising, does not bear in the form and manner prescribed under section 78A the names and addresses of its publisher and the person for whom or at whose direction the election advertising is published;”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (4), the following subsections:“(5) Where any election advertising is published in contravention of subsection (1)(c), the printer of the election advertising as well as the person for whom or at whose direction the election advertising is published shall each also be guilty of a corrupt practice and shall each be liable on conviction to the same punishment and incapacity under this section as the publisher thereof.(6) Subsection (1)(c) shall not apply in respect of —

the distribution of a book, or the promotion of the sale of a book, for not less than its commercial value, if the book was planned to be published regardless of whether there was to be an election;

the publication of a document directly by a person or a group of persons to their members, employees or shareholders, as the case may be;

the transmission by an individual to another individual, on a non-commercial basis on what is commonly known as the Internet, of his own political views;

the publication of any news relating to an election in a newspaper in any medium or in a radio or television broadcast; or

such other circumstances or activities as may be prescribed by the Minister by order in the Gazette.”.