Singapore legislation

Regulation 16

of Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Regulations 2023

Regulation 16

Prescribed matters for foreign affiliations report under section 76

Amended byS 457/2024 wef 14/06/2024

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 457/2024 wef 14/06/2024

For the purposes of section 76(2)(b) —

(a)

a foreign affiliations report relating to a candidate or an election agent of a candidate must be given to the competent authority using the Internet website https://www.eld.gov.sg; and

(b)

a foreign affiliations report relating to any other politically significant person must be given to the competent authority using the Internet website https://eservices2.mha.gov.sg/rds.

Subregulation 2

For the purposes of section 76(2)(c), a foreign affiliations report must contain the following information for each reportable arrangement (not being a migration benefit) the politically significant person has with a foreign principal:

(a)

the nature or a description of the arrangement;

(b)

the date on which the arrangement was entered into;

(c)

if the arrangement ended during the reporting period — the duration of the arrangement;

(d)

a description of the circumstances under which the arrangement was entered into;

(e)

a description of any activities undertaken by the politically significant person on behalf of the foreign principal during the reporting period;

(f)

the identity particulars of the foreign principal;

(g)

if the foreign principal is an individual — his or her date of birth.

Subregulation 3

For the purposes of section 76(2)(c), a foreign affiliations report must contain the following information for each reportable arrangement (being a migration benefit):

(a)

the name of the foreign government that granted the migration benefit or on whose behalf the migration benefit was granted;

(b)

a description of the migration benefit;

(c)

the date on which the migration benefit was granted;

(d)

the period for which the migration benefit has effect.