Portugal - 2011 Party Finance Law

Title Own revenues
Chapter CHAPTER II. Financing of political parties
Article

3

Own revenues
1 - 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 which each party or coalition presents or supports;
c) Public grants, under law;
d) Proceeds derived from fundraising activities which they undertake;
e) The income derived from their assets, specifically, leases, rentals or financial investments;
f) The proceeds of loans, under the general rules of the activity of the financial markets;
g) The proceeds of inheritances or legacies;
h) Donations from individuals, under the terms of article 7.

2 - The revenues referred to in the preceding paragraph, when in cash, shall be transacted by cheque or other banking mechanism which allows identification of the amount and its source and shall be deposited in bank accounts intended solely for this purpose, in which only deposits having this origin may be made.

3 - The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply in the case of amounts which are less than 25% of the indexante de apoios sociais (social support index), abbreviated as IAS and as established by Law no. 53-B/2006 of 29 December, provided that, over the course of a period of one year, they do not exceed 50 times the value of the IAS, without prejudice to article 12.

4 - Contributions which are made in-kind are permitted, as are the assignment of goods on loan, which are considered according to their current market value and which shall be separately specified in the list referred to in point b) of paragraph 7 of article 12.

Categories - Party finance (Direct public funding)
- Party finance (Indirect public funding)
- Party finance (Private funding)
Source http://www.parlamento.pt/Legislacao/Documents/Legislacao_Anotada/FinanciamentoPartidosPoliticosCampanhasEleitorais_Anotado.pdf