Maintenance of Racial Harmony Bill

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1 Short title and commencement

3 Establishment of Council

4 Functions of Council

5 Competent authority

6 Power to require information, etc.

7 Offences relating to section 6

8 Racial content restraining orders

9 Supplementary provisions about racial content restraining orders

10 Offence if racial content restraining order not complied with

11 "Entity", "governing body", "responsible officer" and related concepts

12 "Foreign principal"

13 "Donation", "anonymous donation", "foreign donation" and related concepts

14 "Foreign affiliation"

15 Power to designate entities

16 Procedure for designation

17 Cancellation of designation

18 Reporting foreign donations and anonymous donations

19 Reporting foreign affiliations

20 Reporting governing body composition, etc.

21 Offence of giving false information about donations

22 Prescribed offences relating to reporting

23 Governing body composition: restrictions and removal directions

24 Responsible officers’ nationality: restrictions and removal directions

25 Supplementary provisions about removal directions

26 Offence if removal direction not complied with

27 Foreign influence restraining orders

28 Supplementary provisions about foreign influence restraining orders

29 Offence if foreign influence restraining order not complied with

30 Offence of facilitating foreign donation prohibited by foreign influence restraining order

31 Designated entity’s overriding duty to comply with Divisions 4 and 5; immunity for compliance

32 Exemption from Divisions 3 and 4

33 Restraining orders to be referred to Council

34 Restraining orders to be confirmed by President, etc.

35 Application to extensions of restraining orders

36 Review and revocation of restraining orders

38 Meaning of "conduct"

39 Offences relating to urging violence on basis of race

40 Offence of inciting enmity against persons distinguished by race, etc.

41 Community remedial initiative

42 Decisions under Act to be final

43 Offences by bodies corporate, etc.

44 Consent of Public Prosecutor

45 Jurisdiction of court

46 Composition of offences

48 Amendment of Criminal Procedure Code 2010, etc.

49 Amendment of Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act 1990

50 Amendment of Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2000

51 Amendment of Online Criminal Harms Act 2023

52 Amendment of Penal Code 1871

53 Amendment of Registration of Criminals Act 1949

54 Amendment of Trade Disputes Act 1941

Maintenance of Racial Harmony Bill

Bill No. 2/2025

Read the first time on 7 January 2025.

An Act to provide for the maintenance of racial harmony and to establish a Presidential Council for Racial and Religious Harmony, and to make related and consequential amendments to certain other Acts.

Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows:

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Short title and commencement

1. This Act is the Maintenance of Racial Harmony Act 2025 and comes into operation on a date that the Minister appoints by notification in the Gazette.

Interpretation

2. In this Act —

“accept”, in relation to a donation, has the meaning given by or prescribed under section 13;

“anonymous donation” has the meaning given by section 13(4);

“competent authority”, for the purposes of any provision of this Act or the regulations, means any public officer who is appointed under section 5(1) as a competent authority for the purposes of that provision or for the purposes of the Act in general;

“Council” means the Presidential Council for Racial and Religious Harmony established by Part 2;

“designated entity” means an entity designated under section 15;

“donation”, in relation to an entity, has the meaning given by or prescribed under section 13, and any reference to making a donation has a corresponding meaning;

“entity” has the meaning given by section 11;

“foreign affiliation” has the meaning given by section 14;

“foreign donation” has the meaning given by section 13(5);

“foreign influence restraining order” means a foreign influence restraining order made under section 27;

“foreign principal” has the meaning given by section 12;

“general public” includes a section of the general public;

“governing body”, in relation to an entity, has the meaning given by or prescribed under section 11;

“racial content restraining order” means a racial content restraining order made under section 8;

“regulations” means regulations made under section 47;

“removal direction” means a direction made under section 23(3) or 24(2);

“responsible officer”, in relation to an entity, has the meaning given by or prescribed under section 11;

“restraining order” means a racial content restraining order or a foreign influence restraining order;

“Singapore permanent resident” means a permanent resident of Singapore as defined by section 2 of the Immigration Act 1959;

“specified”, in relation to a notice, removal direction or restraining order under this Act, means specified in the notice, removal direction or restraining order.

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