Parliamentary Elections Act (Amendment of First Schedule) Regulations 2020

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 08 Jun 2020

No. S 443

Parliamentary Elections Act

(CHAPTER 218)

Parliamentary Elections Act
(Amendment of First Schedule)
Regulations 2020

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 102 and 107 of the Parliamentary Elections Act, the Prime Minister makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Parliamentary Elections Act (Amendment of First Schedule) Regulations 2020 and come into operation on 8 June 2020.

Amendment of First Schedule

2. The First Schedule to the Parliamentary Elections Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting Forms 19, 19A, 20 and 20A and substituting the following Form:

“FORM 19

Section 74(1) and (2)

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ACT
(CHAPTER 218)

RETURN RESPECTING ELECTION EXPENSES AND
DECLARATIONS BY CANDIDATE AND ELECTION AGENT

ELECTORAL DIVISION

NAME (in block letters)

NRIC NO.

CANDIDATE

ELECTION AGENT

*I, the above duly appointed election agent of the above candidate for election in the above Electoral Division, make this return respecting election expenses of the candidate at that election.

*I, the above candidate for election in the above Electoral Division and acting as my own election agent, make this return respecting my election expenses at that election.

This return respecting election expenses shows —

(a)	all payments made by the election agent;
(b)	the amount of personal expenses, if any, paid by the candidate;
(c)	the disputed claims so far as the election agent is aware of;
(d)	all unpaid claims, if any, of which the election agent is aware in respect of which application has been made or is about to be made to an Election Judge or a Judge of the High Court; and
(e)	all donations accepted by the election agent or the candidate for the purpose of expenses incurred or to be incurred on account of or in respect of the management of that election.

I declare to the best of my knowledge and belief that this is a complete and correct return as required by law and that, except for the expenses set out in this return, no other expenses of any nature have been incurred in, or for the purpose of, the candidate’s candidature at that election.

___________________________
Signature of Election Agent

_________________
Date

I, the above candidate for election in the above Electoral Division, have examined this return respecting election expenses prepared by my election agent in respect of my candidature at that election. I declare to the best of my knowledge and belief that this return is complete and correct as required by law and that, except for the expenses set out in this return, no other expenses of any nature have been incurred in, or for the purpose of, my candidature at that election.

___________________________
Signature of Candidate

_________________
Date

*Delete whichever is inapplicable.

SECTION A: EXPENSES

(Fill in the total amount of expenses for each category, in Singapore dollars, rounded up to the nearest dollar. Write NIL if there is no expense to declare.)

Description

(a)	Election advertising expenses:

(i)	For print election advertising

(ii)	For Internet election advertising

(iii)

For other non-print election advertising

(b)	Election meeting expenses:

(i)	For rallies

(ii)	For assembly centres

(c)	Transport expenses

(d)	Office rental and office supplies expenses

(e)	Allowances for election agent, polling agent(s) and counting agent(s)

(f)	Other expenses

(g)	Personal expenses of candidate

TOTAL

SECTION B: DISPUTED AND UNPAID CLAIMS

(Fill in the total amount of claims for each category, in Singapore dollars, rounded up to the nearest dollar. Write NIL if there is no claim to declare. If there is insufficient space in any section, attach a separate sheet containing the details.)

(1)

DISPUTED CLAIMS

Name and description
of claimant

Subject matter of claim

TOTAL

(2)

UNPAID CLAIMS (in respect of which application has been made or is about to be made to an Election Judge or a Judge of the High Court)

Name and description
of claimant

Subject matter of claim

TOTAL

SECTION C: NON-RECORDABLE DONATIONS¹

(Provide details of non-recordable donations accepted and particulars of their donors, in chronological order according to the date each donation is received. Write NIL if there is no donation to declare. Include only donations given, spent, lent or provided (whether before or after the candidate became a candidate) for the purposes of the candidate’s election. If there is insufficient space in any section, attach a separate sheet containing the details and particulars.)

Donor’s name²
and unique
identification
number³

Donor’s
address⁴

Date of receipt
of donation⁵
and recipient’s
name
(e.g. 28/08/00 by (name))

Value of
donation⁵
(in Singapore
dollars, rounded up
to the nearest
dollar)

Description of
donation⁵

TOTAL

¹ Donations that need not be recorded in a donation report under the Political Donations Act (Cap. 236).

² Donor’s name means (a) where the donor is an individual, the donor’s name as specified in the donor’s NRIC; or (b) where the donor is a company, the donor’s registered name under the Companies Act (Cap. 50).

³ Donor’s unique identification number means (a) where the donor is an individual, the donor’s NRIC number; or (b) where the donor is a company, the company’s registration number under the Companies Act.

⁴ Donor’s address means (a) where the donor is an individual, the donor’s address as specified in the donor’s NRIC; or (b) where the donor is a company, the address of the donor’s registered office in Singapore.

⁵ The expressions “donation” and “value of donation” have the meanings given by sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Political Donations Act. For a donation-in-kind, the value of the donation is the value of the item at the date of receipt of the item.

SECTION D: RECORDABLE DONATIONS

(Provide details of single and multiple recordable donations accepted and particulars of their donors, in chronological order according to the date each donation is received. Write NIL if there is no donation to declare. Include only donations given, spent, lent or provided (whether before or after the candidate became a candidate) for the purposes of the candidate’s election. If there is insufficient space in any section, attach a separate sheet containing the details and particulars.)

(1)

SINGLE RECORDABLE DONATIONS

(Recordable donation means a donation required to be recorded in a donation report under the Political Donations Act. A single recordable donation means a single donation of $10,000 or more.)

Donor’s
name¹
and unique
identification
number²

Donor’s
address³

Date of
receipt
of donation⁴
and recipient’s
name
(e.g. 28/08/00 by (name))

Value of
donation⁴
(in Singapore
dollars, rounded up
to the nearest
dollar)

Description of
donation⁴

TOTAL

¹ Donor’s name means (a) where the donor is an individual, the donor’s name as specified in the donor’s NRIC; or (b) where the donor is a company, the donor’s registered name under the Companies Act.

² Donor’s unique identification number means (a) where the donor is an individual, the donor’s NRIC number; or (b) where the donor is a company, the company’s registration number under the Companies Act.

³ Donor’s address means (a) where the donor is an individual, the donor’s address as specified in the donor’s NRIC; or (b) where the donor is a company, the address of the donor’s registered office in Singapore.

⁴ The expressions “donation” and “value of donation” have the meanings given by sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Political Donations Act. For a donation-in-kind, the value of the donation is the value of the item at the date of receipt of the item.

(2)

MULTIPLE RECORDABLE DONATIONS

(Recordable donation means a donation required to be recorded in a donation report under the Political Donations Act. A multiple recordable donation means a donation which, when added to any other donation made by the same donor during the same reporting period under the Political Donations Act, amounts to an aggregate of $10,000 or more.)

Donor’s
name¹
and unique
identification
number²

Donor’s
address³

Date of
receipt
of donation⁴
and recipient’s
name
(e.g. 28/08/00 by (name))

Value of
donation⁴
(in Singapore
dollars, rounded up
to the nearest
dollar)

Description of
donation⁴

Sub-total

TOTAL

(b)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph 2 of Form 22, the following paragraph:

“3. This authorisation extends to publishing online, during the campaign period of the election, any election advertising, but only in accordance with the following conditions:

(a)

before the election advertising is so published, the particulars of every platform on which the election advertising is to be published by the undermentioned person during the campaign period must be given in writing to myself or my election agent;

(b)

the period that the election advertising will start appearing or appear online must be specified in writing to myself or my election agent by the undermentioned person, and updated by that person if the period is changed;

(c)

that the undermentioned person must declare, under his hand, to myself or my election agent —

(i)	whether any money or money’s worth (including sponsorship) is received or paid or to be received or paid (directly or indirectly) for publishing the election advertising, from or by another person except myself or my election agent; and
(ii)	the name and other sufficient particulars to identify that other person in sub-paragraph (i) if money or money’s worth is received or paid or to be received or paid, and the amount paid or to be paid by the undermentioned person for publishing the election advertising.”; and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph 2 of Form 23, the following paragraph:

“3. This authorisation extends to publishing online, during the campaign period of the election, any election advertising, but only in accordance with the following conditions:

(a)

(b)

the period that the election advertising will start appearing or appear online must be specified in writing to myself or the candidate by the undermentioned person, and updated by that person if the period is changed;

(c)

that the undermentioned person must declare, under his hand, to myself or the candidate —

(i)	whether any money or money’s worth (including sponsorship) is received or paid or to be received or paid (directly or indirectly) for publishing the election advertising, from or by another person except myself or the candidate; and
(ii)	the name and other sufficient particulars to identify that other person in sub-paragraph (i) if money or money’s worth is received or paid or to be received or paid, and the amount paid or to be paid by the undermentioned person for publishing the election advertising.”.

Made on 5 June 2020.

LEO YIP

Permanent Secretary,
Prime Minister’s Office,
Singapore.

[ELD(A)/4-29; AG/LEGIS/SL/218/2015/6 Vol. 1]

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