Singapore legislation
Clause 16
Clause 16
Return of donations whose donors are unidentifiable
(1)
Subject to the provisions of this Act, where any anonymous donation is offered to any candidate or his election agent, and section 14 prohibits him from accepting (whether wholly or in part) the donation, the following requirements must be complied with:
if the donation was transmitted by a person (other than the donor) and the identity of that person is apparent, the whole donation must be returned to that person;
if paragraph (a) does not apply but it is apparent that the donor has, in connection with the donation, used any facility provided by an identifiable financial institution, the whole donation must be returned to that financial institution; or
in all other cases, the whole donation must be sent to the Registrar.
(2)
Any amount sent to the Registrar in pursuance of subsection (1)(c) shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.