Political Donations Act 2000 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Donations to Candidates
14. Prohibition of donations from impermissible donors
Feedback & supportSubject to the provisions of this Act, every candidate and the candidate’s election agent must not accept any donation he or she receives if —
candidate
“candidate” means a person who is nominated as a candidate at an election or at a presidential election, and includes any person (whether or not a member of any political association) who, on or after the date of the issue of a writ for the election or presidential election (as the case may be) is declared, by the person or others, as seeking nomination as a candidate at that election or (as the case may be) presidential election;
it is offered by a person who is not, at the time of its receipt by the candidate or the candidate’s election agent, a permissible donor; or
the candidate or the candidate’s election agent is (whether because the donation is offered anonymously or by reason of any deception or concealment) unable to ascertain the identity of the person offering the donation.
Nothing in this section prohibits a candidate at an election and his or her election agent, or a candidate at a presidential election and his or her principal election agent, from accepting during the relevant period anonymous donations less than a total sum of $5,000, or any other prescribed sum.
election
“election” has the meaning given by the Parliamentary Elections Act 1954;
In relation to a donation in the form of a bequest, subsection (1)(a) is to be read as referring to an individual who was at death a citizen of Singapore and not below 21 years of age.
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,
In this section, “relevant period”, in relation to a candidate and his or her election agent or (as the case may be) principal election agent, means —
election agent
“election agent”, in relation to a candidate, means the person named as the candidate’s election agent under section 62(1) of the Parliamentary Elections Act 1954 or section 43(1) of the Presidential Elections Act 1991;
in the event a writ is issued within 12 months of 15 February 2001, the period beginning on that date and ending on the latest date the candidate’s declaration under section 19 is required by that section to be sent to the Registrar; or
in any other case, the period beginning on a date 12 months preceding the date the declaration is made by the candidate under section 18 before nomination day at an election or (as the case may be) a presidential election, and ending on the latest date the candidate’s declaration under section 19 is required by that section to be sent to the Registrar after the election or (as the case may be) presidential election.