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A fine shall be imposed upon:
- 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 report any amount of donations exceeding the amounts specified in Article (3) and (4) of this Act, and to pay it to the central budget in compliance with Article 11(5) of this Act;
- political parties, independent slate heads and candidates exceeding the maximum total amount of election campaign costs, as stipulated in Article 17(1) of this Act;
- political parties, independent slate heads and candidates failing to return the total amount of received donations exceeding the eligible amount of election campaign costs to their payers, as stipulated in Article 17(3) 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 failing to report any donation paid from ineligible sources and to transfer such funds paid thereto to the central budget, as stipulated in Article 22(4) of this Act.
For the offences specified in paragraph (1)(i) and (iv) of this Article, political parties, independent deputies, national minority deputies, independent members of the representative bodies of local and regional governmental units, independent slate heads and candidates shall be fined in an amount ranging from 8% to 10% of the total amount of donations which a natural or legal person is allowed to make to a political party, independent deputy, national minority deputy, independent member of the representative body of a local and regional governmental unit, independent slate head or candidate within a calendar year, as stipulated in the provisions of Article 11(3) and (4) of this Act.
For the offences specified in paragraph (1)(ii) and (iii) of this Article, political parties, independent deputies, 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 8% to 10% of the maximum total amount of election campaign costs, as stipulated in Article 17 of this Act.