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182 (2) Section 9(4) of the Presidential Elections Act 1991 is amended by deleting paragraph (a) and substituting the following paragraph:
 * “(a) a political donation certificate issued to him or her in respect of that election;”.

(3) Section 11(1) of the Presidential Elections Act 1991 is amended by deleting the words “issued by the Registrar of Political Donations”.

(4) Section 42(1) of the Presidential Elections Act 1991 is amended—
 * (a) by deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (e), and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:
 * “(ea) being a candidate, knowingly makes the declaration required by section 55A falsely; or”; and
 * (b) by deleting the words “paragraph (f)” in paragraph (v) and substituting the words “paragraph (ea) or (f)”.

(5) The Presidential Elections Act 1991 is amended by inserting, immediately after section 55, the following section:
 * “Post-election declaration by candidates
 * 55A.—(1) Every candidate at an election must give to the Returning Officer a declaration that is in accordance with subsection (2), not later than the 7th day after the day that the result of the election is published under section 15(1)(b) or 34, as the case may be.
 * (2) The declaration required by subsection (1) to be given by a candidate must be made by the candidate, be in the prescribed form, and further state that, to the best of the knowledge and belief of the candidate—
 * (a) no foreigner has been authorised by the candidate or his or her election agent under section 65(2) to conduct any election activity for the purpose of procuring the electoral success at that election of the candidate;