Division 2—Declarations and donation reports
Political donation certificate for nomination day
18.—(1) Any person who is or desires to be a candidate at any election or presidential election shall, at any time after the date of the notice of the writ referred to in section 25 of the Parliamentary Elections Act (Cap. 218) or, in the case of a presidential election, section 7 of the Presidential Elections Act (Cap. 240A), but at least 2 clear days before nomination day at that election or (as the case may be) presidential election, send to the Registrar—
- (a) a donation report in the prescribed form in respect of every recordable donation referred to in subsections (2) and (3), giving all such details in respect of each donor thereof as are required by the Schedule to be given in respect of a donor of a recordable donation; and
- (b) a declaration subscribed by the person in the prescribed form stating that, to the best of his knowledge and belief—
- (i) no other donations required by this section to be recorded in the donation report have been accepted by the person during the relevant period;
- (ii) no donation from any person or body other than a permissible donor has been so accepted by the person during the relevant period; and
- (iii) no anonymous donations, or no anonymous donations in excess of the sum permitted under section 14 (2), have been accepted by the person during that same period.
(2) Every donation from a permissible donor to a person who is or desires to be a candidate at an election or (as the case may be) a presidential election which is received and accepted by the person during the relevant period must be recorded in a donation report under this section for that relevant period—
- (a) if it is a single donation of not less than $10,000, or such other prescribed sum; or
- (b) if, when it is added to any other donation from the same permissible donor, the aggregate amount of the donations is not less than $10,000, or such other prescribed sum.
