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- (e) to incur or defray expenditure for undertaking the person’s activities directed in whole or in part towards a political end in Singapore; or
- (f) to reimburse the person for making a political donation mentioned in paragraph (d) or incurring or defraying expenditure mentioned in paragraph (e).
(6) For the purposes of subsection (4), the duties of a Member of Parliament are his or her activities that relate—
- (a) to the promotion of or opposition to any Bill, resolution, matter or thing submitted or intended to be submitted for the consideration of Parliament or any committee of Parliament;
- (b) to supporting or serving individuals registered as an elector for, or resident in, the constituency that the Member of Parliament is elected in;
- (c) to his or her party political duties; or
- (d) directly to his or her role as a Member of Parliament,
but do not include the duties of a Member of Parliament as a member of a Town Council or as a political office holder.
(7) For the purposes of subsection (4), the duties of a political office holder are his or her activities that relate—
- (a) to the individual’s role as a holder of that political office; or
- (b) where the political office holder is also a Member of Parliament, that relate predominantly to the individual’s role as the holder of that political office.
What is not a political donation
52.—(1) Despite section 51, the following are not political donations:
- (a) any lawful transmission by a licensed broadcaster, free of charge, of a party political broadcast required under a condition of its licence;