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Maintenance of Racial Harmony Act 2025 s 2

s 2 Interpretation

2. In this Act —“accept”, in relation to a donation, has the meaning given by or prescribed under section 13; “anonymous donation” has the meaning given by section 13(4); “competent authority”, for the purposes of any provision of this Act or the regulations, means any public officer who is appointed under section 5(1) as a competent authority for the purposes of that provision or for the purposes of the Act in general; “Council” means the Presidential Council for Racial and Religious Harmony established by Part 2; “designated entity” means an entity designated under section 15; “donation”, in relation to an entity, has the meaning given by or prescribed under section 13, and any reference to making a donation has a corresponding meaning; “entity” has the meaning given by section 11; “foreign affiliation” has the meaning given by section 14; “foreign donation” has the meaning given by section 13(5); “foreign influence restraining order” means a foreign influence restraining order made under section 27; “foreign principal” has the meaning given by section 12; “general public” includes a section of the general public; “governing body”, in relation to an entity, has the meaning given by or prescribed under section 11; “racial content restraining order” means a racial content restraining order made under section 8; “regulations” means regulations made under section 47; “removal direction” means a direction made under section 23(3) or 24(2); “responsible officer”, in relation to an entity, has the meaning given by or prescribed under section 11; “restraining order” means a racial content restraining order or a foreign influence restraining order; “Singapore permanent resident” means a permanent resident of Singapore as defined by section 2 of the Immigration Act 1959; “specified”, in relation to a notice, removal direction or restraining order under this Act, means specified in the notice, removal direction or restraining order.

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