Portugal - 2011 Party Finance Law
Title | Financial agents |
Chapter | CHAPTER III. Financing of election campaigns |
Article |
21 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, depositing all revenues and authorising and controlling campaign expenses. 2 - The national financial agent may appoint district, regional or local financial agents for all elections, which appointed agent will be responsible for the acts and omissions which in accordance with their remit are attributable to them in compliance with the provisions of the present law. 3 - Implementation of the option provided for under the preceding paragraph shall be mandatory in cases where candidatures are presented by groups of voting citizens to the governing bodies of local authorities. 4 - Within a period of 30 days following the deadline for the submission of candidacy lists to any election, the party, coalition, the group of citizens or the candidate to the President of the Republic shall arrange publication of the complete list of financial agents in a nationally circulated newspaper.
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Categories |
- Extra-parliamentary party (Internal procedures) - Party finance (Expenditures) |
Source | http://www.parlamento.pt/Legislacao/Documents/Legislacao_Anotada/FinanciamentoPartidosPoliticosCampanhasEleitorais_Anotado.pdf |