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NO. 20 OF 2000
- (a) all donations recorded in the donation report as having been accepted by the political association are from permissible donors; and
- (b) during the financial year to which the donation report relates—
- (i) no other donations required by this section to be recorded in the donation report have been accepted by the political association;
- (ii) no anonymous donation in excess of the amount permitted under section 8 (2) has been accepted by the political association; and
- (iii) no other donation from any person or body other than a permissible donor has been so accepted by the political association.
PART III
DONATIONS TO CANDIDATES
Division 1—Restrictions on donations
Prohibition of donations from impermissible donors
14.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, every candidate and his election agent must not accept any donation he receives if—
- (a) it is offered by a person who is not, at the time of its receipt by the candidate or his election agent, a permissible donor; or
- (b) the candidate or his election agent is (whether because the donation is offered anonymously or by reason of any deception or concealment) unable to ascertain the identity of the person offering the donation.
(2) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a candidate at an election and his election agent, or a candidate at a presidential election and his principal election agent, from accepting during the relevant period anonymous donations less than a total sum of $5,000, or such other prescribed sum.
(3) In relation to a donation in the form of a bequest, subsection (1) (a) shall be read as referring to an individual who was at death a citizen of Singapore and not less than 21 years of age.
