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(1) Any public authority, public institution, autonomous administration, national company, trading company or banking company where the state or administrative-territorial units are majority shareholders or trading companies carrying out activities financed from public funds must not finance in any way the election campaign of a party, party alliance or independent candidate. This interdiction applies to trading companies which, 12 months prior to the beginning of the election campaign, carried out activities financed from public funds.
(2) Trade unions, religious cults, foreign associations or foundations must not finance in any way the campaign of a party, party alliance or independent candidate.
(3) The amounts received in breach of paragraphs (1) and (2) are confiscated and become an income to the state budget.