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44 Determining purpose of an activity

16. In this Act, the purpose of an activity or a conduct may be determined by having regard to any one or more of the following:
 * (a) the intention of any person on whose behalf the activity is undertaken or the conduct is engaged in, as the case may be;
 * (b) the intention or belief of the person undertaking the activity or engaging in the conduct or that person’s belief (if any) about the intention of any person in paragraph (a) on whose behalf the activity is undertaken or the conduct is engaged in;
 * (c) all of the circumstances in which the activity is undertaken or the conduct is engaged in.

  PART 2 FOREIGN INTERFERENCE BY ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS ACTIVITY Clandestine foreign interference by electronic communications activity

17.—(1) A person (Y) commits an offence if—
 * (a) Y undertakes electronic communications activity that results in or involves publishing in Singapore any information or material;
 * (b) Y undertakes the electronic communications activity on behalf of—
 * (i) a foreign principal; or
 * (ii) another person acting on behalf of a foreign principal;
 * (c) Y knows or has reason to believe that the electronic communications activity, or the information or material published in Singapore—