Clause 17

The Minister may make regulations —

prescribing the form and manner in which details as to the names of the publisher of any election advertising not comprising printed matter and of the person for whom or at whose direction it is published must be included in such election advertising for the purpose of complying with section 42(1)(c)(ii); and

regulating election advertising and its publication during an election period on what is commonly known as the Internet by candidates or their election agents, including prescribing the features that must or must not appear or be used in any such election advertising.(2) Any person who contravenes any regulations made under subsection (1)(b) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.(3) Every offence under subsection (2) is an arrestable offence within the meaning of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68).(4) In this section, “election period” means the period beginning with the day the writ of election is issued for an election and ending with the start of polling day at the election.”.