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	Law.type	Law.country_id	Law.year	Article.number	Categories
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	2011	Article 1
The present law governs the regime applicable to the financial resources of political parties and election campaigns. [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	2011	Article 2	Party finance
The sources of financing of the activities of political parties comprise their own revenues and other revenues derived from private financing and from public grants. [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	2011	Article 3	Party finance
Own revenues1 - The own revenues of political parties consist of:a) Membership fees and other contributions from members;b) The contributions of candidates and elected representatives on lists... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	2011	Article 4	Party finance
The resources of public financing for the accomplishment of the parties' own ends are:a) Grants for the financing of political parties;b) Grants for election campaigns;c) Other grants according to... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	2011	Article 5	External oversight, Party finance
1 - Each party which has contested 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	2011	Article 6	Party finance
1 - Revenues obtained from fundraising may not exceed, per party, 1500 times the value of the IAS and are to be registered pursuant to paragraph 7 of article 12. 2 - The product of fundraising is... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	2011	Article 7	Party finance
1 - Donations of a financial nature made by identified individual persons are subject to an annual limit of 25 times the value of the IAS per donor and must be transacted by cheque or bank... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	2011	Article 8	Party finance
1 - Political parties are prohibited from receiving anonymous donations and are prohibited from receiving gifts or loans of a monetary nature or in kind from national or foreign legal persons,... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	2011	Article 9	Party finance
1 - The payment of any expense of a political party is to be made by cheque or by means of other banking transactions which enable the identification of the amount and the entity receiving the... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	2011	Article 10	Party finance
1 - The parties are not subject to IRC (Corporate Income Tax) and also benefit, beyond that specified by special law, from exemption from the following taxes:a) Stamp duty;b) Tax on inheritance... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	2011	Article 11	External oversight, Party finance
1 - The benefits provided for in the preceding article are suspended in the following situations: a) The party fails to contest the general elections;b) The number of votes obtained by the lists... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	2011	Article 12	External oversight, Party finance
1 - Political parties are required to keep organised accounts, so that it is possible to ascertain their financial position and verify compliance with the obligations set forth by the present... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	2011	Article 13	Extra-parliamentary party, Secondary legislation
1 - The statutes of the political parties are to make provision for bodies to provide oversight and internal control of their activity, as well as of the accounts related to election campaigns in... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	2011	Article 14	Party finance
A breakdown of the revenues and expenditures of the political parties is to be provided in annual accounts which comply with the criteria set forth by Article 12. [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	2011	Article 14-A	External oversight, Party finance
1 - Parliamentary groups, where they exist, may have, if they see fit, their own tax identification number, and will also be subject to the fiscal rights and obligations established under law for... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	2011	Article 15	External oversight, Party finance
1 - Revenues and expenses of the election campaign are included in accounts which are restricted to the respective campaign and which obey the regime set forth under article 12. 2 - In election... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	2011	Article 16	Electoral party, Party finance
1 - The activities of the election campaign may only be financed by:a) State grants;b) Contributions from political parties which present or support candidates for election to the Assembly of the... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	2011	Article 17	Electoral party, Party finance
1 - Political parties which submit candidates for election to the Assembly of the Republic, to the European Parliament, to the Regional Legislative Assemblies and to local authorities, as well as... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	2011	Article 18	Party finance
1 - The grant will be distributed as follows: 20% will be distributed equally between the parties and candidates who fulfil the requirements of paragraph 2 of the preceding article and the... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	2011	Article 19	Party finance
1 - Election campaign expenses are considered as those expenses which are incurred by the candidates within a period of six months immediately preceding the date of the respective election and... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	2011	Article 20	External oversight, Party...
1 - The maximum limits on allowable expenses which may be incurred for any national or regional election campaign are established as follows:a) 10 000 times the amount of IAS in the election... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	2011	Article 21	Extra-parliamentary party, Party finance
1 - For each campaign account a financial agent is appointed, who shall, in the scope thereof, be responsible for accepting the donations provided for under point c) of paragraph 1 of article 16,... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	2011	Article 22	Extra-parliamentary party
1 - The financial agents are responsible for preparing and submitting the campaign accounts. 2 - Candidates to the President of the Republic, political parties or coalitions, the first candidate... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	2011	Article 23	External oversight, Party finance
1 - The annual accounts of political parties and accounts of electoral campaigns are to be examined by the Constitutional Court, which shall rule on their legality and regularity. 2 - The rulings... [more]
	Party Finance Law	Portugal	2011	Article 24	External oversight, Party...
1 - The Entidade das Contas e Financiamentos Políticos (Supervising Body of Political Party Accounting and Funding) is an independent body which works with the Constitutional Court,... [more]

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