Singapore legislation
Regulation 11
Regulation 11
Political and allied activities
Subregulation 1
No employee shall, without the prior written permission of the Chief Executive, contribute either in his own name, or under a pseudonym, or anonymously any letter, article, statement or other communication to any newspaper, journal or magazine intended for public distribution on any subject which may, in the opinion of the Chief Executive, be reasonably regarded as criticism of the administration of the Association or its policies or tending to bring the Association into contempt, ridicule or disrepute.
Subregulation 2
Paragraph (1) shall not apply to contributions in respect of any subject-matter which does not come within the ambit of that paragraph.
Subregulation 3
No employee shall act as a distributor or assist in the distribution of any document, handbill or form of any kind other than a document or form which he is required to distribute in the course of official duty.
Subregulation 4
Every employee shall refrain from engaging in party political activity and shall maintain complete reserve in all matters of party political controversy.
Subregulation 5
Nothing in paragraph (4) shall be construed as restricting an employee’s right of private exercise of franchise or his liberty to be a member of a political party or as prohibiting any employee from —
disseminating in any community centre or elsewhere information in support of parliamentary democracy as a political system or in favour of nation-building; or
actively combating communal propaganda of any kind emanating from any source.