Presidential Elections Act 1991 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Offences and Corrupt and Illegal Practices
42Q. Election advertising regulations
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Subject to section 81B, the Minister may make regulations necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Subdivision or Subdivision (1), (2) or (3).
In particular, the Minister may make regulations for any of the following: (a)regulating any public display, by or on behalf of a candidate, of any traditional election advertising;
candidate
“candidate” means a person who is nominated as a candidate for election to the office of President;
regulating the publishing in Singapore by electronic means, by or on behalf of a candidate, in connection with an election, any online election advertising and any non-online election advertising;
providing that any contravention of any provision of the regulations shall be an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $1,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or with both;
providing for any saving, transitional and other consequential, incidental and supplemental provisions that are necessary or expedient.
The election advertising regulations may prescribe —
election advertising regulations
“election advertising regulations” means regulations made under section 42Q;
a maximum permissible number of traditional election advertising allowed to be publicly displayed by reference to the total number of electors; and
different maximum permissible numbers for different types of traditional election advertising or for different forms of public display of traditional election advertising.