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1. Parties, coalitions and parliamentary candidates shall be subject to penalties in case of violation of this law, according to the following articles.
2. a. After the report is prepared by the Audit Commission and if it proposes that the file should be referred to the Superior Special Court under article 26 of this law, or that penalties should be applied to the parties or coalitions and to parliamentary candidates, a copy of it shall be communicated by means of a court executor to the relevant bodies of the party, under article 15, or to the parliamentary candidates.
b. The above bodies or the parliamentary candidates submit, within the exclusive period of fifteen (15) days from the communication of the report, remarks for the rebuttal of its content.
c. The Audit Commission, after examining such remarks, submits its final report to the President of the Superior Special Court, if a violation is found that can cause a member of parliament to lose their office, or to the President of the Parliament if penalties are proposed.
3. Penalties to parties, coalitions of parties and parliamentary candidates are applied with a justified decision of the President of the Parliament, published in the Government Gazette. This decision is issued within fifteen (15) days of the submission of the final report by the Audit Commission and communicated to the offender and the Minister of Interior, Public Administration and Decentralisation.
4. The fine applied to parties and coalitions is collected by withholding the amount from the funding for the next year. The fine applied to other parties and parliamentary candidates is collected according to the provision of the Code for the Collection of Public Income (CCPI).
5. The judicial means exercised by parties, coalitions and parliamentary candidates against the decisions for the application of fines, regarding penalties, in the application of the provisions of this law, introduce substantial administrative disputes, which are judged in the first and last degree by the National Council.
6. A joint decision of the Ministers of Economy and Finance and of Interior, Public Administration and Decentralisation, published in the Government Gazette, determines the manner in which the applied fine is to be collected and every detail regarding the penalties applied to the political parties and coalitions of parties and to parliamentary candidates, according to the provisions of this law.