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	Law.type	Law.country_id	Law.year	Article.number	Categories
	Constitution	Portugal	1989	Article 55	Extra-parliamentary party
(4) Trade unions shall be independent of employers, the State and religious denominations and political parties and other political associations. Adequate guarantees for that independence shall be... [more]
	Constitution	Portugal	1989	Article 117
(1) Political parties shall participate in organs elected by direct universal suffrage, in accordance with their electoral representation. (3) The political parties that are represented in the... [more]
	Constitution	Portugal	1989	Article 167	Secondary legislation
The Assembly of the Republic has exclusive legislative power with respect to the following matters:h) Associations and political parties; [more]
	Constitution	Portugal	1989	Article 225	External oversight
(2) The Constitutional Court, in addition, has the following powers: e) To verify the legality of the constitutions of political parties and their alliances, of their names, initials and... [more]
	Constitution	Portugal	1989	Article 288	Democratic principles
Laws revising this Constitutional shall respect: i) Pluralism and expression in political organization, which shall include political parties and the right to democratic opposition; [more]
	Constitution	Portugal	1989	Article 295	Programme and identity, Secondary legislation
The provisions of Article 51(3) shall apply to political parties established before this Constitution came into force; the law shall prescribe rules for that matter. Note: repealed in 2004. [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	1993	Article 1
The regime governing the financial resources of political parties and election campaigns is determined by the provisions of the present law. [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	1993	Article 2	Party finance
The sources of financing of the activity of political parties comprise their own revenues and other sources of private financing and public grants¬. [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	1993	Article 3	Party finance
The following constitute resources derived from ¬private financing:a)Membership fees and other contributions from party members;b)The contributions of representatives elected by the... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	1993	Article 4	Party finance
1.Donations of a monetary nature granted by legal persons shall not ¬exceed the sum of 1,000 national monthly minimum salaries, whereas it shall be mandatory to provide indication of their... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	1993	Article 5	Party finance
Parties are prohibited from receiving monetary donations from:a)State enterprises;b)Undertakings whose capital is exclusively ¬or in the majority public;c)Undertakings which are... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	1993	Article 6	Party finance
The resources of public financing for pursuit of the parties' own purposes are:a)Grants for financing of parties and election campaigns as foreseen under the ¬present law;b)The grant allocated... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	1993	Article 7	Party finance
1.Each party which has competed in elections, albeit in coalition, and which obtains representation in the Assembleia da República (Assembly of the Republic) is granted, pursuant to the... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	1993	Article 8	Party finance
1.Parties are exempted from the following taxes:a)Stamp duty;b)Imposto sobre Sucessões e Doações (Tax on Inheritances and Donations);c) Imposto municipal de sisa (Municipal... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	1993	Article 9	External oversight, Party finance
1.The benefits for which provision in made in the preceding article are suspended in the event that the party fails to contest the general election or in the event that the lists of candidates... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	1993	Article 10	Party finance, Secondary legislation
1.Political parties are required to maintain organized accounts, ensuring that it is possible to ascertain their financial situation and verify their compliance with the obligations under the... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	1993	Article 11	Extra-parliamentary party
1.The statutes of political parties shall establish bodies and systems providing oversight and internal control of the party's economic/financial activity, to ensure compliance with the present... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	1993	Article 12	Party finance
Revenues and expenses of the political parties ¬will be detailed in annual accounts which are to comply with the criteria laid down in article 10. [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	1993	Article 13	External oversight
1.By no later than the end of March of each year, the parties shall submit their accounts with reference to the preceding year to the Constitutional Court for examination.2. The Constitutional... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	1993	Article 14	External oversight
1.Without prejudice to any civil or criminal liability as may arise under the general terms of the law, political parties which are in breach of the obligations imposed under the present chapter... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	1993	Article 15	Electoral party, Party finance
1.Revenues from election campaigns are to be held in a separate account.2. Financing of election campaign activities by means other than the following is prohibited:a)State grant;b)Contributions... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	1993	Article 16	Party finance
1.Political parties may transfer sums from their accounts to the campaign account.2.The contributions of legal persons are to be preceded by written determination issued by the competent body and... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	1993	Article 17	Party finance
Election campaign expenses are to be detailed by category, with the addition of a certifying document in relation to each act of expenditure exceeding five national minimum monthly salaries. [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	1993	Article 18	Party finance, Secondary legislation
The maximum allowable expenditure which may be incurred in each campaign is fixed at the following values:a)6000 national minimum monthly salaries in the election campaign for the... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	1993	Article 19	Party finance
1.Preparation and submission of election campaign accounts is incumbent upon candidates for the Presidente da República (President of the Republic), political parties, coalitions or first... [more]

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