4.—(1) Section 83(1)(c) and (2) of the Act does not apply to a family member of a candidate by reason only that the family member engages in one or more of the following activities:| (a) | the family member wears, uses, carries or displays an election advertisement that —| (i) | forms part of any thing mentioned in section 61B(9)(a)(i), (ii) or (iii) of the Act or prescribed for the purposes of section 61B(9)(a)(iii) of the Act; and | | (ii) | consists only of permissible electoral matter relating to the candidate or the candidate’s political party; |
| | (b) | the family member displays or causes to be displayed an election advertisement mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a) outside the candidate’s home or the family member’s home, or both; | | (c) | the family member displays or causes to be displayed a traditional election advertisement outside the candidate’s home or the family member’s home, or both; | | (d) | the family member appears in, or allows his or her voice or image to be used in, an election advertisement that —| (i) | relates to the candidate or the candidate’s political party; and | | (ii) | does not contain any statement or action that —| (A) | is made by or can reasonably be attributed to the family member; and | | (B) | endeavours to persuade any person to give, or dissuade any person from giving, his or her vote at the election; |
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| | (e) | the family member displays the name of the candidate or the name or symbol of the candidate’s political party in the profile of a social media service used by the family member; | | (f) | the family member accompanies the candidate for any election activity (including any walkabout, house visits or election rally); | | (g) | the family member —| (i) | accompanies the candidate; and | | (ii) | greets, waves to or shakes hands with, any member of the public, |
| while the candidate is engaged in an election activity (including any walkabout, house visits or election rally); |
| | (h) | the family member accompanies or assists the candidate in putting up, removing or adjusting any traditional election advertisement relating to the candidate or the candidate’s political party; | | (i) | the family member accompanies or assists the candidate in any work mentioned in regulation 3(c) or (d). |
(2) In this regulation —| “election advertisement” means an item of election advertising; |
“family member”, in relation to a candidate, means —| (a) | the candidate’s spouse; | | (b) | the candidate’s child, adopted child or stepchild; | | (c) | the candidate’s sibling, adoptive sibling, half‑sibling or stepsibling; or | | (d) | the candidate’s parent, adoptive parent or step‑parent; |
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| “permissible electoral matter” has the meaning given by section 61S(1) of the Act; |
| “political party”, in relation to a candidate, means the political party to whom the candidate belongs; |
| “social media service” has the meaning given by section 61S(1) of the Act; |
| “traditional election advertisement” means an item of non‑online election advertising in the form of a banner, flag or poster. [S 50/2025 wef 22/01/2025] |
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