Political Donations Act 2000 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Donations to Political Associations
12. Annual donation report
Feedback & supportSubject to the provisions of this Act, the responsible officers of every political association must, within 31 days after the close of each financial year of the association, prepare and send to the Registrar a donation report under this section in respect of every recordable donation mentioned in subsections (2) and (3), giving all the details in respect of each donor thereof that are required by the Schedule to be given in respect of a donor of a recordable donation.
responsible officers
“responsible officers”, in relation to a political association, means —(a)in the case of a political association that is a body corporate, the persons for the time being holding the offices of chairperson, managing director and company secretary, respectively, of the association, or any positions analogous to any of those offices; or(b)in the case of a political association that is an unincorporated association, the persons for the time being holding the offices of president, secretary and treasurer, respectively, of the committee of the association, or any positions analogous to any of those offices,and includes any person carrying out the duties of any office referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) if the office is vacant;
Every donation from a permissible donor to a political association that is received by the political association during its financial year and accepted by the political association must be recorded in a donation report under this section for that financial year —
donation
“donation”, in relation to a candidate at an election or at a presidential election, means —(a)any gift of money or other property to the candidate or his or her election agent;(b)any money spent (otherwise than by the candidate as permitted by any other written law) in paying any expenses incurred, directly or indirectly, by the candidate or by his or her election agent or any person authorised by his or her election agent;(c)any money lent to the candidate or his or her election agent otherwise than on commercial terms;(d)the provision otherwise than on commercial terms of any property, services or facilities (including the services of any person) to the candidate or his or her election agent; or(e)the provision of any sponsorship in relation to the candidate,that is given, spent, lent or provided (whether before or after he or she becomes a candidate) for the purposes of the candidate’s election.(2) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,
if it is a single donation of not less than $10,000, or any other prescribed sum; or
if, when it is added to any other donation from the same permissible donor, the aggregate amount of the donations is not less than $10,000, or any other prescribed sum.
If during any financial year, no donations have been received by the political association that, by virtue of the provisions of this section, are required to be recorded in a donation report for that financial year, the donation report must contain a statement to that effect.
political association
“political association” means —(a)a political party or an organisation that has as one of its objects or activities the promotion or procuring of the election to Parliament or to the office of President of a candidate or candidates endorsed by the organisation; or(b)an organisation (not being a branch of any organisation) whose objects or activities relate wholly or mainly to politics in Singapore and that is declared by the Minister, by order in the Gazette, to be a political association for the purposes of this Act;
Every donation report of a political association under this section must be in the prescribed form and signed by all the responsible officers of the political association.
donation report
“donation report” means a report required to be prepared under section 12, 18, 19 or 21;