Clause 16

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 with the start of polling day at that election which —

in the case of an 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 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 60AA, the names of its publisher and the person for whom or at whose direction the election advertising is published;”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsections:“(4) 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 of the election advertising.(5) Subsection (1)(c) does 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 publication of any news relating to an election —

in a newspaper in any medium by a person permitted to do so under the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act (Cap. 206); or

in a radio or television broadcast by a person licensed to do so under the Broadcasting Act (Cap. 28);

the telephonic or electronic transmission by an individual to another individual of the firstmentioned individual’s own political views, on a non‑commercial basis; or

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