Singapore legislation
Clause 85
Clause 85
Directive prohibiting, etc., foreign volunteers
(1)
A directive under this section may be given by a competent authority only to a Part 4 politically significant person.
(2)
A competent authority may give a directive to a Part 4 politically significant person either —
prohibiting the person from accepting, or requiring that person to stop accepting, any voluntary labour, or voluntary professional services, provided or to be provided —
generally by any individual who is not a citizen of Singapore; or (ii)by a particular individual specified in the directive who is not a citizen of Singapore,to or for the benefit of the Part 4 politically significant person; or
requiring the Part 4 politically significant person to disclose, in accordance with subsection (3), all voluntary labour, or voluntary professional services, provided during each reporting period —
by an individual who is not a citizen of Singapore; and
to or for the benefit of the Part 4 politically significant person.
(3)
Disclosure to a competent authority required under subsection (2)(b) must be in a foreign volunteers report relating to a reporting period that —
is in the form required by the competent authority and in the manner prescribed in Regulations or, subject to those Regulations, as approved by the competent authority; (b)is given to the competent authority no later than 31 January in the year following the year in which the voluntary labour, or voluntary professional services, was provided;
contains the prescribed details of every voluntary labour, or voluntary professional services, provided during the reporting period to the Part 4 politically significant person by an individual who is not a citizen of Singapore, and the prescribed particulars of each such volunteer; (d)is signed by the person who is prescribed by Regulations to be responsible for making the foreign volunteers report relating to the Part 4 politically significant person; and
is accompanied by a declaration made by the person mentioned in paragraph (d) as responsible for making the foreign volunteers report relating to the Part 4 politically significant person.
(4)
Regulations may prescribe a longer period for the purposes of subsection (3)(b).
(5)
Nothing in this section prohibits the receipt by a Part 4 politically significant person of any voluntary labour or voluntary professional services as follows:
any voluntary labour or voluntary professional services of a prescribed type, being labour or services that are performed solely pursuant to a contract for service entered into or with a person providing any service to or for the benefit of a Part 4 politically significant person; (b)any voluntary labour or voluntary professional services provided to a Part 4 politically significant person by an officer or a member of the Part 4 politically significant person.
(6)
In this section —
Definition
“reporting period” means the period of 12 months starting 1 January and ending 31 December in any year, and includes a special reporting period;
Definition
“special reporting period” means the period —
starting the date the directive under subsection (2) takes effect; and (b)ending on (and including) 31 December of the same year the date in paragraph (a) falls.