Presidential Elections Act 1991 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Offences and Corrupt and Illegal Practices
42K. Unauthorised third party non-online election advertising
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A person who is a third party at an election commits an offence if —
third party
“third party”, in relation to an election, means a person who is neither a candidate at the election nor an election agent of a candidate at the election;
the third party at any time during the election period of an election —
publishes, or causes to be published, in Singapore any content by electronic means in any way other than rendering the content accessible from the Internet; or
publicly displays, or causes to be publicly displayed, any content;
the content is or includes non-online election advertising that relates to the election; and
the third party knows or ought reasonably to have known that the content is or includes non-online election advertising that relates to the election.
Any person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on conviction by a District Court to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
However, in any proceedings for an offence under subsection (1), it is a defence for the person charged to prove, on a balance of probabilities, that the person was granted a written authority signed by a candidate or a candidate’s election agent in the prescribed form.
candidate
“candidate” means a person who is nominated as a candidate for election to the office of President;
Subsection (1) does not apply to or in relation to any of the following:
any publication of any news relating to an election by an authorised news agency;
any publishing of content by electronic means or public display of content in other circumstances prescribed by the election advertising regulations as excluded from subsection (1).