No. S 582
Foreign Interference
(Countermeasures) Act 2021
Foreign Interference
(Countermeasures) Act 2021
(Commencement) Notification 2022
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 1 of the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021, the Minister for Home Affairs makes the following Notification:
1.  This Notification is the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021 (Commencement) Notification 2022.
2.  The Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021 comes into operation on 7 July 2022, except the following:
(a)the definitions of “anonymous donation”, “anonymous donation directive”, “applicable cap on anonymous political donations”, “candidate”, “donation report”, “donor”, “donor activity”, “election agent”, “elector”, “for the purposes of the candidate’s election”, “foreign affiliations report”, “foreign volunteers report”, “major political donor”, “migration benefit”, “nomination day”, “Part 4 politically significant entity” and “Part 4 politically significant person”, “permissible donor”, “political donations fund directive”, “politically significant person”, “principal election agent”, “prohibited donor”, “prohibited donor directive”, “relevant entity”, “relevant individual”, “repealed Act”, “reportable arrangement to which a politically significant person is party”, “reportable political donation”, “reporting period” and “responsible officer” in section 3(1);
(b)sections 14, 93, 100, 101, 102, 105(3), 108(2)(a)(ii) and (iii), 119(1)(b) and 123;
(c)section 122(2)(a), (b) and (c) and (5);
(d)section 124(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (8), (11) and (12);
(e)section 125(1), (2), (3) and (6);
(f)section 127(1), (2), (3), (4) and (6);
(g)Parts 4, 5, 6 and 7.
Made on 4 July 2022.
PANG KIN KEONG
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.
[MHA 112/2/00121; AG/LEGIS/B/2018/34 Vol. 31]