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Rh :(c) in any other case—no later than 31 January of the year following the year in which the reporting period ends.

(2) Regulations may prescribe a longer period for the purposes of subsection (1).

What is reportable arrangement

78.—(1) A reportable arrangement to which a politically significant person is party is an arrangement—
 * (a) the politically significant person enters into or has with a foreign principal; and
 * (b) under which the politically significant person—
 * (i) undertakes an activity on behalf of the foreign principal, even if the activity is not directed towards a political end in Singapore;
 * (ii) is accustomed, or under an obligation (whether formal or informal), to engage in conduct in accordance with the directions, instructions or wishes of the foreign principal or, where the foreign principal is an entity, of the governing body of the foreign principal, even if the act is not directed towards a political end in Singapore;
 * (iii) is a member of the foreign principal, even if the membership is not directed towards a political end in Singapore; or
 * (iv) has a direct association or an immediate affiliation with the foreign principal, even if the association or affiliation is not directed towards a political end in Singapore.

(2) To avoid doubt, a politically significant person is party to a reportable arrangement under subsection (1) even if the person undertakes an activity mentioned in subsection (1)(b)(i) only once, and even if no such activity is undertaken under an arrangement mentioned in subsection (1)(a).