On 20/06/2013,
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74.
—(1) Within 31 days after the date of publication of the result of an election in the Gazette, the election agent of every candidate at that election shall transmit to the Returning Officer a true return (referred to in this Act as the return respecting election expenses), in Form 19 in the First Schedule, containing detailed statements as respects that candidate of —
(a)
all payments made by the election agent together with all the bills and receipts referred to in section 66(1) and any written authority under section 68(4), which bills, receipts and written authority are in this Act included in the expression “return respecting election expenses” and the dates of payment of all sums for which no receipt is attached;
(b)
the amount of personal expenses, if any, paid by the candidate;
(c)
the disputed claims so far as the election agent is aware;
(d)
all unpaid claims, if any, of which the election agent is aware in respect of which application has been made or is about to be made to an Election Judge or a Judge of the High Court;
(e)
every donation accepted by the election agent or by the candidate for the purpose of expenses incurred or to be incurred on account of or in respect of the management of the election, naming every person from whom the donation may have been received.
[16/93; 18/2005; 10/2010]
(1A) In every case where section 62(6) applies, within 31 days after the date of publication of the result of an election in a group representation constituency in the Gazette, the principal election agent for the group of candidates that stood for the election shall transmit to the Returning Officer a true return (referred to in this Act as the consolidated return respecting election expenses), in Form 19A in the First Schedule, containing detailed statements as respects that group of candidates of —
(a)
all payments made by the sub-agent authorised under section 62(6) for the purpose of expenses incurred or to be incurred on account of or in respect of the management of the election for the group, together with all the bills and receipts referred to in section 66(1), and the dates of payment of all sums for which no receipt is attached;
(b)
the amount of those payments apportioned (by agreement between the election agents of the respective candidates) to each candidate;
(c)
the disputed claims so far as every sub-agent authorised under section 62(6) is aware; and
(d)
all unpaid claims, if any, of which every election agent authorised under section 62(6) is aware in respect of which application has been made or is about to be made to an Election Judge or a Judge of the High Court.
[10/2010]
(2) The return respecting election expenses shall be signed by the election agent and shall be accompanied by a statement made by the candidate and his election agent which shall be respectively in Forms 19 and 20 in the First Schedule.
[18/2005]
(2A) The consolidated return respecting election expenses shall be signed by the principal election agent and shall be accompanied by a statement made by the principal election agent and every sub‑agent authorised under section 62(6), which shall be in Forms 19A and 20A, respectively, in the First Schedule.
[10/2010]
(3) If the return and statements are not transmitted before the expiration of the time limited for the purpose, the candidate shall not after the expiration of the time sit or vote in Parliament as a Member until either the return and statements have been transmitted or until the date of the allowance of such authorised excuse for failure to transmit them as in this Act mentioned.
(3A) If a candidate sits or votes in contravention of this Act, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a penalty of $500 for every day on which he so sits or votes.
(3B) Where a candidate or an election agent fails to transmit the return respecting election expenses and the statement referred to in subsection (2) before the expiration of the time limited for the purpose and in the manner required by this Act, the candidate or election agent shall not be qualified to be elected as President.
[21/91]
(4) If any candidate or election agent fails to comply with the requirements of subsection (1), (2) or (2A), he shall be guilty of an illegal practice and the provisions of this section shall be in addition to and not in derogation of section 61.
[10/2010]
(4A) If any principal election agent, or any election agent authorised as a sub-agent under section 62(6), fails to comply with the requirements of subsection (1A) or (2A), the principal election agent or election agent, as the case may be, shall be guilty of an illegal practice and the provisions of this section shall be in addition to and not in derogation of section 61.
[10/2010]
(5) In this section, “donation” has the same meaning as in section 3(1) of the Political Donations Act (Cap. 236), and a donation is accepted by a candidate or an election agent if it is accepted within the meaning of that Act.
[18/2005]