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A fine shall be imposed on:
- political parties, independent deputies, national minority deputies and independent members of the representative bodies of local and regional self-governments units using funds contrary to Article 2(4) and (5) of this Act;
- independent deputies, national minority deputies and independent members of the representative bodies of local and regional self-governments units failing to open accounts for the regular financing of their activities in compliance with Article 7(3) of this Act;
- independent deputies, national minority deputies and independent members of the representative bodies of local and regional self-governments units who, after the expiry of their term of office and unless they have been re-elected, fail to return any unspent funds, the pecuniary amount equal to the market value of any assets, or any assets within the period specified and stipulated in Article 8 of this Act;
- political parties failing to maintain records of and issue receipts for membership fees and voluntary contributions received, as well as independent deputies, national minority deputies, independent members of the representative bodies of local and regional governmental units, independent slate leaders and candidates failing to keep records of and issue receipts for voluntary contributions received in compliance with the provision of Article 10(5) of this Act;
- political parties, independent slate heads and candidates failing to publicly disclose the amount of, and any discount granted thereto on, the price of media advertising for the purposes of their election campaigns in compliance with Article 12(2) of this Act;
- candidates for the President of the Republic of Croatia and those for municipal chief officials and city mayors, county prefects and the Mayor of the City of Zagreb who fail to publicly disclose indicative data on the amount and sources of their own funds they intend to use for their election campaigns in compliance with the provision of Article 13 of this Act;
- political parties, independent slate heads and candidates who fail to open special accounts for the purposes of financing their election campaign costs or fail to open such accounts within the required period in compliance with Article 14(3) and (4) of this Act;
- political parties, independent slate heads and candidates using their election campaign funds for ineligible purposes, i.e. contrary to Article 16(1) and (2) of this Act, or using funds from the central or, as appropriate, local or regional budget or the premises, official vehicles or equipment of governmental bodies or local and regional governmental units contrary to the ban set forth in Article 16(3) and (4) of this Act;
- political parties, independent deputies, national minority deputies, independent members of the representative bodies of local and regional governmental units, independent slate heads and candidates who, when collecting donations, exert any political or other pressure on, or promise any political or other counter-favours, privileges or personal benefits to, natural and legal persons contrary to Article 23 of this Act;
- political parties and candidates failing to submit their reports on donations and election campaign costs to the relevant election commissions within the required period and containing the required information in compliance with Articles 24 and 25 of this Act, as well as independent slate heads failing to submit their reports on donations and election campaign costs to the relevant election commissions within the required period or to publicly disclose them in compliance with Article 24 of this Act;
- political parties, independent deputies, national minority deputies and independent members of the representative bodies of local and regional governmental units failing to adopt their operating programmes and budgets or to keep their business records in compliance with Articles 28 and 29 of this Act;
- political parties, independent deputies, national minority deputies, independent members of the representative bodies of local and regional governmental units failing to submit their annual financial statements, including the required enclosures, to the State Audit Office within the period specified and stipulated in Article 30 of this Act;
- independent slate heads and candidates failing to maintain their operating records in compliance with Article 33 of this Act;
- political parties, independent slate heads and candidates failing to submit their election campaign financing statements, including the required enclosures, to the National Elections Commission within the period specified and stipulated in Article 34 of this Act;
- political parties, independent slate heads and candidates failing to keep and updated their records of donations received and election campaign costs incurred or, if so requested by the National Elections Commission, to submit thereto any required documentation during the course of their election campaigns, in compliance with Article 36 of this Act;
- political parties, independent deputies, national minority deputies, independent members of the representative bodies of local and regional governmental units, independent slate heads and candidates failing to publicly disclose their financial statements within the period specified and stipulated in Article 39 of this Act;
For any offence specified in paragraph (1) of this Article, political parties shall be subject to a fine ranging from HRK 50,000.00 to 500,000.00.
For any offence specified in paragraph (1) of this Article, independent deputies to the Croatian Parliament, national minority deputies, independent members of the representative bodies of local and regional governmental units, independent slate heads and candidates shall be subject to a fine ranging from HRK 30,000.00 to 50,000.00.
For any offence specified in paragraph (1) of this Article, a fine ranging from HRK 10,000.00 to 20,000.00 shall also be imposed on persons authorized to act on behalf of or represent political parties as well as persons responsible for their financial operations.