Singapore legislation

Clause 8

of Presidential Elections (Amendment) Bill

Clause 8

Amendment of section 56

Section 56 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (e) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:“(e)every donation accepted by every election agent or by the candidate for the purpose of expenses incurred or to be incurred on account of or in respect of the management of the election, naming every person from whom the donation may have been received.”;

(b)

by deleting the words “and shall be on oath before a Justice of the Peace or a commissioner for oaths” in subsection (2); and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsection:“(4) In this section, “donation” has the same meaning as in section 3(1) of the Political Donations Act (Cap. 236), and a donation is accepted by a candidate or an election agent if it is accepted within the meaning of that Act.”.