s 61E Certain traditional election advertising banned before nomination day
61E.—(1) A person commits an offence if —(a) the person publicly displays, or causes to be publicly displayed, any traditional election advertising in an electoral division during the period —(i) starting when a writ of election is issued under section 24 for the purposes of an election in an electoral division; and (ii) ending immediately before the start of the campaign period of the election in the electoral division; and (b) the traditional election advertising contains an express or implicit reference to a political party —(i) by its name or symbol; or (ii) by another symbol which can reasonably be regarded as indicating a direct association or an immediate affiliation with the political party. (2) Strict liability applies to an offence under subsection (1). (3) Any person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on conviction by a District Court to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both. (4) However, subsection (1) does not apply to or in relation to the public display of any traditional election advertising in any of the following circumstances:(a) the display of any traditional election advertising —(i) on an exterior wall or exterior window of any building or part of a building occupied by a political party as its office; (ii) on an exterior wall or exterior window of any building partly occupied by a political party as its office; or (iii) if a building mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) or (ii) is located in any grounds, on any outer wall, fence or other structure or feature to mark the boundary of those grounds, provided that the traditional election advertising contains only the name or symbol, or both, of the political party concerned and is solely for the purpose of indicating that the office of the political party is or is within the building; (b) any traditional election advertising that —(i) was lawfully publicly displayed in the electoral division concerned before the start of the election period of the election concerned; (ii) has not been relocated, altered or modified since the start of the election period; and (iii) is declared to the Returning Officer, within 12 hours after the start of the election period, together with such details as to its place of display and content, in accordance with the requirements prescribed by the election advertising regulations; (c) any traditional election advertising that is publicly displayed at a public assembly or public procession held on the day of nomination at an election around a place of nomination for that election to show support —(i) for any person or group of persons seeking nomination as a candidate or group of candidates at that election; or (ii) for any candidate or group of candidates in that election at or about the time the Returning Officer is to declare a candidate or group of candidates to be elected under section 33(1); (d) any public display of traditional election advertising in other circumstances prescribed by the election advertising regulations as excluded from subsection (1).[Act 8 of 2023 wef 14/06/2024]