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The Ministry of Justice supervises the use of the subsidy referred to in section 9 and monitors compliance with this Act and other provisions and regulations issued by virtue of this Act insofar as such supervision is not the obligation of the National Audit Office. Supervision of the use of the subsidy is governed by the Act on Discretionary Government Transfers.

The National Audit Office monitors compliance with the stipulations in this Act concerning the reporting of party subsidies as well as the expenses and funding of electoral campaigns and the preparation and filing of related documents and information in the activities of the political party, its related entity, and the association referred to in the subsidy decision (party being monitored). In this capacity, the Office may inspect the accountancy and use of funds of the party being monitored and, if necessary, urge it to fulfil its obligations arising from this Act.

The National Audit Office may, under penalty of a fine, obligate the party being monitored to fulfil its obligations if documents or information have not been filed, corrected or complemented, despite the Office's exhortation, or if their accuracy or sufficiency has not been verified and the omission is substantial in its totality. Any imposition of a default fine is determined by the default fine committee referred to in section 15 of the act on the national audit office (laki valtiontalouden tarkastusvirastosta), 676/2000. Any setting and imposition of a default fine can be appealed to the Supreme Administrative Court as prescribed in the Administrative Judicial Procedure Act (586/1996).

In other respects, supervision carried out by the National Audit Office is prescribed in the act on the national audit office (laki valtiontalouden tarkastusvirastosta).

The National Audit Office submits to Parliament an annual report on its activities with regard to the monitoring of this Act.