- (d) to influence Singapore governmental decisions; or
- (e) to influence any aspect or to promote or oppose political views, or public conduct relating to activities that have become the subject of a political debate, in Singapore,
- even though it can reasonably be regarded as intended to achieve any other purpose as well.
Transparency directive for publishing political matters with foreign link
81.—(1) A transparency directive under this section may be given by a competent authority only to a person to whom this Division applies.
(2) A transparency directive may require the person to whom it is given to take, so far as is reasonably practicable, all necessary measures to ensure that, for each instance of political matter with a foreign link and published in Singapore—
- (a) by a politically significant person in section 80(1)(a);
- (b) in a newspaper that is—
- (i) published (for sale or otherwise) in Singapore;
- (ii) published by the person in section 80(1)(b)(i); and
- (iii) specified in the directive; or
- (c) in a Singapore news programme included in a licensable broadcasting service that is—
- (i) provided by the person in section 80(1)(b)(ii) in or from Singapore; and
- (ii) specified in the directive,
a disclosure about the political matter (whose content is prescribed by subsection (3)) is included or embedded in, or linked to, the political matter conspicuously and in the manner prescribed.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), the content of the disclosure about the political matter must—
