Maintenance of Racial Harmony Act 2025 · s 27

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—(1) The Minister may make a foreign influence restraining order against a designated entity if the Minister is satisfied that it is necessary or expedient to pre‑empt, prevent or reduce any foreign influence that may —(a)undermine racial harmony in Singapore; and(b)present a threat to public peace and public order in Singapore.(2) A foreign influence restraining order against a designated entity may —(a)prohibit the entity from accepting any donation, or any donation falling within a specified class, that is made by or on behalf of a specified foreign principal on or after a specified date;(b)require the entity to return or dispose of any donation, or any donation falling within a specified class, that is made by or on behalf of a specified foreign principal on or after a specified date;(c)prohibit the entity from accepting any anonymous donation, or any anonymous donation falling within a specified class, on or after a specified date;(d)require the entity to dispose of any anonymous donation, or any anonymous donation falling within a specified class, received on or after a specified date;(e)prohibit the entity from forming or maintaining a specified foreign affiliation on or after a specified date;(f)prohibit the entity from appointing or admitting any person who is not a Singapore citizen as a member of its governing body on or after a specified date;(g)require the entity to remove any member of its governing body who is not, or who ceases to be, a Singapore citizen on or after a specified date;(h)prohibit the entity from appointing, admitting or retaining a specified person (whether or not the person is a Singapore citizen) as a member of its governing body on or after a specified date;(i)require the entity to suspend a specified member of its governing body (whether or not the member is a Singapore citizen) from the performance of his or her functions for a specified period; or(j)impose any combination of the measures in paragraphs (a) to (i).(3) For the purposes of subsection (2)(b) and (d), a donation is to be returned or disposed of —(a)within the specified time and in the specified manner; or(b)subject to paragraph (a), in accordance with the regulations.
The Minister may make a foreign influence restraining order against a designated entity if the Minister is satisfied that it is necessary or expedient to pre‑empt, prevent or reduce any foreign influence that may —(a)undermine racial harmony in Singapore; and(b)present a threat to public peace and public order in Singapore.
A foreign influence restraining order against a designated entity may —(a)prohibit the entity from accepting any donation, or any donation falling within a specified class, that is made by or on behalf of a specified foreign principal on or after a specified date;(b)require the entity to return or dispose of any donation, or any donation falling within a specified class, that is made by or on behalf of a specified foreign principal on or after a specified date;(c)prohibit the entity from accepting any anonymous donation, or any anonymous donation falling within a specified class, on or after a specified date;(d)require the entity to dispose of any anonymous donation, or any anonymous donation falling within a specified class, received on or after a specified date;(e)prohibit the entity from forming or maintaining a specified foreign affiliation on or after a specified date;(f)prohibit the entity from appointing or admitting any person who is not a Singapore citizen as a member of its governing body on or after a specified date;(g)require the entity to remove any member of its governing body who is not, or who ceases to be, a Singapore citizen on or after a specified date;(h)prohibit the entity from appointing, admitting or retaining a specified person (whether or not the person is a Singapore citizen) as a member of its governing body on or after a specified date;(i)require the entity to suspend a specified member of its governing body (whether or not the member is a Singapore citizen) from the performance of his or her functions for a specified period; or(j)impose any combination of the measures in paragraphs (a) to (i).
For the purposes of subsection (2)(b) and (d), a donation is to be returned or disposed of —(a)within the specified time and in the specified manner; or(b)subject to paragraph (a), in accordance with the regulations.

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s 27Foreign influence restraining orders

(1)

The Minister may make a foreign influence restraining order against a designated entity if the Minister is satisfied that it is necessary or expedient to pre‑empt, prevent or reduce any foreign influence that may —

(a)

undermine racial harmony in Singapore; and

(b)

present a threat to public peace and public order in Singapore.

(2)

A foreign influence restraining order against a designated entity may —

(a)

prohibit the entity from accepting any donation, or any donation falling within a specified class, that is made by or on behalf of a specified foreign principal on or after a specified date;

(b)

require the entity to return or dispose of any donation, or any donation falling within a specified class, that is made by or on behalf of a specified foreign principal on or after a specified date;

(c)

prohibit the entity from accepting any anonymous donation, or any anonymous donation falling within a specified class, on or after a specified date;

(d)

require the entity to dispose of any anonymous donation, or any anonymous donation falling within a specified class, received on or after a specified date;

(e)

prohibit the entity from forming or maintaining a specified foreign affiliation on or after a specified date;

(f)

prohibit the entity from appointing or admitting any person who is not a Singapore citizen as a member of its governing body on or after a specified date;

(g)

require the entity to remove any member of its governing body who is not, or who ceases to be, a Singapore citizen on or after a specified date;

(h)

prohibit the entity from appointing, admitting or retaining a specified person (whether or not the person is a Singapore citizen) as a member of its governing body on or after a specified date;

(i)

require the entity to suspend a specified member of its governing body (whether or not the member is a Singapore citizen) from the performance of his or her functions for a specified period; or

(j)

impose any combination of the measures in paragraphs (a) to (i).

(3)

For the purposes of subsection (2)(b) and (d), a donation is to be returned or disposed of —

(a)

within the specified time and in the specified manner; or

(b)

subject to paragraph (a), in accordance with the regulations.