Singapore legislation
Clause 41
Clause 41
Amendment of section 65
Section 65 of the principal Act is amended —
by deleting paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:“(a)who is below 16 years of age;”;
by inserting the word “or” at the end of subsection (1)(b);
by deleting paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:“(c)who is a foreigner or foreign entity,”;
by deleting subsection (1A);
by deleting the words “attending a primary or secondary school as a student” in subsection (6) and substituting the words “below 16 years of age or is a foreigner or a foreign entity”; (f)by deleting “, (1A)” in subsection (7);
by deleting subsection (8) and substituting the following subsections:“(8) In this section, “election activity” includes any activity (other than clerical work wholly performed within enclosed premises) which is done for the purpose of —
promoting or procuring the electoral success at any election for any candidate; or
prejudicing the electoral prospects at the election of any other candidate.(8A) However, “election activity” excludes a third party publishing, or causing to be published, any content in any way that renders the content accessible from the Internet, where all or part of the production of the content or its publication is not paid for, in money or money’s worth, by the third party or by another person who may or may not be a third party.”; and
by inserting, immediately after the words “section prohibits” in subsection (9), the words “the taking part in or conduct of election activity by any prescribed individual, or individual in a prescribed class of individuals, or”.