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- or the candidate’s election agent, pursuant to any impermissible arrangement.
- (3) For the purposes of this section, any declaration that is required by subsection (1) to be given to the Returning Officer must not be regarded as so given unless the declaration is actually received by the Returning Officer.
- (4) Where any declaration which is required by subsection (1) to be given to the Returning Officer is not so given within the time delimited under subsection (1), the candidate shall be guilty of an illegal practice; and the provisions of this subsection are in addition to and not in derogation of section 61.
- (5) In addition, where any declaration which is required by subsection (1) to be given to the Returning Officer is not so given within the time delimited under subsection (1), the candidate must not, after the expiry of that time, sit or vote in Parliament as a Member until either—
- (a) the declaration has been given; or
- (b) the date of the allowance of an authorised excuse under section 87A for failing to give the declaration.
- (6) A candidate who sits or votes in contravention of subsection (5) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a penalty of $500 for every day on which he or she so sits or votes.
- (7) In this section—
- “arrangement” includes a contract, an agreement, understanding or other arrangement of any kind, whether written or unwritten;
- “foreign principal” has the meaning given by section 4 of the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021;
- “foreigner” means an individual who is not a citizen of Singapore;
- “impermissible arrangement”, in relation to a candidate or his or her election agent, means an arrangement—
