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For the purposes of this Act, membership fees shall mean regular pecuniary sums paid by members of political parties in any such manner and under any conditions as may be set forth in the charters or other acts of such political parties. For the purposes of this Act, voluntary contributions (hereinafter specified as "donations") shall mean occasional or regular payments through which natural or legal persons, acting on a voluntary basis, give money or provide services or products free-of-charge to political parties, independent deputies, national minority deputies, independent members of the representative bodies of local and regional governmental units, independent slates and candidates for the purposes of their political work or to finance their election campaigns. For any donation made by way of products or services (including donations made in other non-pecuniary forms, such as movable or immovable property, property rights, etc.), natural and legal persons shall issue an invoice specifying the market value of any such donated product or service, stating that it has been made out to a political party, independent deputy, national minority deputy, member of the representative body of a local and regional governmental unit, independent slate or candidate, and indicating that it is not subject to payment. Services specified in paragraph (3) of this Article shall not be deemed to include any voluntary work done by volunteers. Political parties, independent deputies, national minority deputies, independent members of the representative bodies of local and regional governmental units, independent slates and candidates shall keep records of, and issue receipts for, all membership fees received. The method of keeping the records and issuing the receipts specified in paragraph (5) of this Article shall be regulated in an ordinance to be passed by the Minister of Finance.
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