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CAP. 206
Newspaper and Printing Presses
2002 Ed.
purposes of any newspaper to which this Part applies any funds from a
foreign source without the prior approval of the Minister.
(2) The Minister may grant such approval if he is satisfied, on such
information as he may require to be furnished to him, that the funds
from a foreign source are intended for bona fide commercial purposes.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) where any funds from a foreign
source are sent to a person without his prior knowledge, consent or
solicitation and the funds are intended for or given by the donor for the
purposes of the newspaper, that person shall, within 3 days of the
receipt thereof, report the circumstances and particulars of the receipt
of the funds and the purposes for which the funds were received to the
Minister.
(4) Where funds from a foreign source have been received by a
person for the purposes of the newspaper under subsection (3) and the
Minister refuses his approval for the retention of those funds, the
person shall, within such time as is specified by the Minister —
(a) return them to the sender thereof; or
(b) if the sender cannot be traced, the funds shall be donated to
any charity specified by the Minister.
(5) In this section —
“foreign source” includes —
(a) the government of a country outside Singapore or the
agent of any such government, whether resident in
Singapore or otherwise;
(b) any company, association or society incorporated or
constituted under any law in force outside Singapore
whether or not it has a branch office or place of
business in Singapore;
(c) any person who is not a citizen of Singapore whether or
not he is resident in Singapore;
(d) any —
(i) body corporate formed or incorporated in
Singapore, one or more of whose members or
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