Page:Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021.pdf/186

This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
186
NO. 28 OF 2021


“(aa) at any time before the end of 21 days after the date of the publication of the result of the election in the Gazette, as to the declaration required by section 55A from the candidate whose election is questioned;”;
(b) by inserting, immediately after the words “respecting election expenses” in subsection (5), the words “or make and give the declaration required by section 55A”; and
(c) by deleting the words “subsection (3)” in subsection (5) and substituting the words “subsection (3)(a) or the date of the publication of the results of the election in the Gazette mentioned in subsection (3)(aa), as the case may be”.

Amendment of Societies Act 1966

126. The Societies Act 1966 is amended—

(a) by inserting, immediately before the words “includes any” in the definition of “political association” in section 2, the words “means a political party and”;
(b) by deleting the words “the national interest” in section 4(2)(d) and substituting the words “Singapore’s national security or interest”;
(c) by inserting, immediately after the words “concerning the society” in section 10(1), the words “(such as but not limited to the patron of the society and every person managing or assisting in the management, of that society in Singapore)”;
(d) by inserting, immediately after the words “in Singapore” in section 24(1)(a), the words “or against Singapore’s national security or interest”;
(e) by deleting the words “the national interest” in section 24(1)(e) and substituting the words “Singapore’s national security or interest”; and
(f) by inserting, immediately after subsection (1) of section 24, the following subsection: