Maintenance of Racial Harmony (Measures against Foreign Influence) Regulations 2026 · As enacted · Part 6 · Reporting Offences, Etc., Prescribed for Section 22
29. Submission of false or misleading report
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
A person commits an offence if —
a designated entity (X) submits any of the following to the competent authority:
a donations report;
a foreign affiliations report;
a key management report;
the report —
contains any matter that is false or misleading in a material particular; or
omits to state or include any matter without which the report is false or misleading in a material particular; and
the person is a responsible officer of X when the report was submitted. (2) An offence under paragraph (1) is a strict liability offence.
A person who is guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.
In proceedings for an offence under paragraph (1), it is a defence for the accused to prove, on a balance of probabilities, that the accused took all reasonable steps, and exercised all due diligence, to ensure that —
the report did not contain any statement that was false or misleading in a material particular; or
the report did not contain any omission that would have made the report false or misleading in a material particular.
Subregulation 1
A person commits an offence if —
a designated entity (X) submits any of the following to the competent authority:
a donations report;
a foreign affiliations report;
a key management report;
the report —
contains any matter that is false or misleading in a material particular; or
omits to state or include any matter without which the report is false or misleading in a material particular; and
the person is a responsible officer of X when the report was submitted.
Subregulation 2
An offence under paragraph (1) is a strict liability offence.
Subregulation 3
A person who is guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.
Subregulation 4
In proceedings for an offence under paragraph (1), it is a defence for the accused to prove, on a balance of probabilities, that the accused took all reasonable steps, and exercised all due diligence, to ensure that —
the report did not contain any statement that was false or misleading in a material particular; or
the report did not contain any omission that would have made the report false or misleading in a material particular.