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46 :(b) in any other case, to a fine not exceeding $500,000.

Clandestine foreign interference of target using electronic communications activity

18.—(1) A person (Z) commits an offence if —
 * (a) Z undertakes electronic communications activity that results in or involves publishing in Singapore information or material;
 * (b) Z undertakes the electronic communications activity on behalf of—
 * (i) a foreign principal; or
 * (ii) another person acting on behalf of a foreign principal;
 * (c) Z intends that the electronic communications activity, or the information or material published in Singapore, will influence another person (called in this section the targeted person) to undertake activity, or engage in conduct, in Singapore that—
 * (i) is or is likely to be prejudicial to the security of Singapore or any part of Singapore;
 * (ii) is or is likely to be prejudicial to public health, public safety, public tranquillity or public finances;
 * (iii) is or is likely to be prejudicial to the friendly relations of Singapore with other countries;
 * (iv) incites or is likely to incite feelings of enmity, hatred or ill-will between different groups of people in Singapore which may endanger the public peace and public order of Singapore;
 * (v) diminishes or is likely to diminish public confidence in the performance of any duty or function of, or in the exercise of any power by, the Government or a public authority, or a part of the Government or public authority; or